The Real Vitamin and Mineral Book, 4th edition: The Definitive Guide to Designing Your Personal Supplement Program

This is the best book there is on nutritional supplements, and well-documented to boot. Buy one for yourself and give one to your doctor and any other health professionals you work with who have not caught on to the real power of nutritional medicine. This healing modality can no longer be tossed aside, as the 100 pages of research summaries in the back of the book show. I teach nutrition to physicians, and if there is one popular press book I insist they all read, this is it. Superb.

This is one of the better reference books on Vitamins and Minerals. I highly reccommend it. I have several books on Vitamins and Minerals and this really is right up there as a #1.

With life moving at a record pace, you are doing well if you remember to drink your eight glasses of water a day. While water is undeniably essential to your well being, it is amazing how many of us forget to drink those extra glasses of water that could make all the difference. Remembering to take a multivitamin is another one of those daily things you almost have to write on your calendar to remember along with: "Exercise Today or Else!" As I sit here chewing a Country Life Adult's Multivitamin, I wonder if I am getting all the essential Vitamins and Minerals in one supplement. Would it not be ideal if all you had to take each day was one chewable and delicious pill and that was it. Well, life is just not that simple, unfortunately. Each multivitamin is formulated differently and to find one that is Vegetarian and Hypoallergenic was a real plus. Now, if you just picked up a bottle of multivitamins and you didn't know that taking over 8,000 I.U. of vitamin A per day was not advisable for pregnant women, you might want to read this book. If you are dealing with skin problems, you might want to take 10,000 IU and that would be fine. For Vitamin A to be toxic, you would have to take 100,000 IU daily for a period of months and you would not want to take such a high dose unless under a doctor's supervision. There is a handy chart where you can Troubleshoot for Disorders. If you have Insomnia, you might want to consider Calcium and Melatonin (Read the book by Ray Sahelian first if you take prescription medications). Most of us have taken Antibiotics. Did you know that this could cause a deficiency in B2, Biotin, Folic Acid, Niacin, C, D, Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Potassium and Zinc? What this book will do for you is give you the basic information you need to make informed decisions about your health. You will know which supplement to take and how much you should take. This book is written by a practicing certified nutrition specialist. Shari Lieberman is a CNS with a MA in Nutrition, Food Science and Dietetics. The Contents Include: The Case For Supplementation The Vitamins: Vitamin A, D, E, K, B Complex, Thiamin, Riboflavin, Niacin, Pyridoxine, Cobalamin, Folic Acid, Pantothenic Acid, Biotin, Choline, Inositol, PABA, Vitamin C. The Minerals: Calcium, Phosphorus, Magnesium, Zinc, Iron, Copper, Manganese, Chromium, Selenium, Iodine, Potassiuma dn Boron. Beyond Vitamins and Minerals: Coenzyme Q10, Essential Fatty Acids., Flavonoids, Garlic, Glutathione and N-Acetylcysteine, L-Carnitine, Melatonin and DHEA. Appendixes and Notes: Summary of Vitamins, Minerals and Other Nutrients, Drug-Induced Vitamin and Mineral Deficiencies, Worksheet, Daily Supplement Schedule and Reference Abstracts for Vitamins, Minerals and Other Nutrients. The first section explains why you need vitamin and mineral supplement to protect yourself against disease and to reach the highest levels of mental and physical well-being. It then explains how you can design y

I discovered this book many years ago when I was getting serious about vitamins and improving my health. I bought and read a number of vitamin books at the time, but this is the only book I use frequently. With the aid of this book, I made a personal perscription program for myself and my husband focusing on our needs, age, etc. The vitamins were ordered on sale from puritanspride and an inventory spreadsheet manages my inventory. As I focused on various areas of need, I noticed the visible improvements and have tweaked my program over the years. One of my bigger fears with vitamins was taking too many or taking ineffective vitamins. This has been a winner for me. Without this book, I could never have gotten this system in place. Of course, vitamins don't replace medical help sometimes, but they help keep us healthier than we might be otherwise.I recommend this book to anyone interested in vitamins. I have sent copies to my friends and relatives. It is my absolute favorite. This books tells you what each vitamin / mineral does for you, the recommended dosage and the optimum daily allowance. This is a collection of clear well-organized information that is an excellent reference book.

I manage a vitamin store and refer customers to the information in this book everyday! It is easy to use and is in simple language. I think it is power packed with information and would be a good book for either your first book or completing your library.