Product Description

"The most up-to-date lowdown on vitamins and minerals." Updated and revised for the first time since 2000, this new edition of "The Complete Idiotas Guide to Vitamins and Minerals" covers all the latest research and developments in vitamins, minerals, and supplements in the last six years. It features significant new information on Vitamins A and E, folate, and glycosamine, among many others, and sets the record straight on much of the conflicting information out there on this subject. --Covers all research and developments in vitamins, minerals, and supplements in the last six years --Significant new information on Vitamins A and E, folate, glycosamine, and others

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #104927 in Books
• Published on: 2007-05-02
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 448 pages

From the Back Cover
For anyone interested in health and nutrition, this guide provides up-to-date information. It explores the functions, benefits, and risks of each essential vitamin and mineral, and gives accurate information about the hottest supplements, including antioxidants, DHEA, and melatonin. The book also points out which drugs and foods may block the bodys absorption of important nutrients.

Customer Reviews

A great aid to sorting out a personal vitamin plan!
This book offers an excellent user-friendly guide to negotiating your way through the world of vitamins. It takes the confusion out of RDAs, offering real advice about people's individual vitamin and mineral requirements.

It explains your extra needs in special circumstances such as pregnancy or specific illnesses, as well as telling you when it's dangerous to take individual vitamins. It gives you daily requirements for everyone from babies to the elderly. Best of all clear tables tell you the best foods to eat to get each vitamin or mineral, so you can stop being conned into buying loads of different pills.

In general this is an excellent book which allows you to see beyond advertising gimmicks to work out an individual vitamin plan based upon your daily diet. It's like having your own nutritionalist! Useful for complete idiots and those who already have a knowledge of the subject.