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Minerals,Supplements, & Vitamins : The Essential Guide
This book is great. The information is well presented. This book explainswhere you can get all the vitamins and minerals you need so that you can beextreamely healthy. The book explains also where you can get the naturalsources of the mineral or vitamin but also explains the benifits andsupposibly benifts you can obtain when you include these vitimins in youdiet. excellent for the price and very well written. peace and eco-live ... Read more

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Must have for any woman
This book is an excellent resource for women and nutrition. It describes in detail all the vitamins and minerals women should consume either through foods and/or supplements. As it discusses the vitamin or mineral it lists the function of the vitamin or mineral, food sources, recommendations (both RDA and the author's suggestions), antagonists, toxicity, and warnings. It is a very complete look at each vitamin and mineral. I like that it recommends dosage ranges for women over and under 40. These are different from the RDA dosages which are minimums and which I feel should be revised. In addition to vitamins and minerals, they discuss many female health issues (bones, cancer, estrogen/hormone replacement, exercise, fish oils, heart, herbs, pms, skin and aging, weight, etc) and what you can do to prevent or lessen the effect of these issues. The book contains excellent information. I read it all the way through and will also use it as a reference for specific conditions and to help me plan the amounts of vitamins and minerals I will take. I buy a lot of health related books and alternative medicine(especially herbal) books and although this doesn't go a lot in to the herbals, this is a must have for anyone trying to figure out dosages of vitamins and minerals for a woman. This book also has a section on the different types of alternative and traditional health care providers (Herbal and Chinese Medicine, Chiropractic, Osteopathic and Allopathic Medicine) explaining each type of practitioner and the services they offer. Overall, I would say the main strengh of this book is the vitamin and mineral section with the general women's health concerns coming in next. If you are looking for an herbal guide there are many out there more detailed. ... Read more

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Why Don't We Learn
This book calls itself the "bible," and is listed under alternative health, but succeeds only in listing "cures" and remedies that have plagued Americans since they first started believing that everything has a cure.Read "Forget The Cures, Find The Cause," instead, and begin there before going to the "bible" on herbs and vitamins.

Dated but Authoratative and Relevant
This is an excellent reference, written by a competent and unbiased MD. Though the source material is going on 6 years old in a field of daily change, this is an excellent (and inexpensive) starting point. For what it's worth, all of the material (now updated) with extra entries is now online via a link on the principal author's website [...].
Without the references, this book is useless
This book, theoretically, presents a compilation of the results of research studies carried out on a variety of natural substances.The simple idea of offering an assemblage of objective material resulting from investigative research is solid enough; the individual can then draw his or her own conclusions.Read more

Subjects:  1. Alternative Therapies    2. Consumer Health    3. Diet / Health / Fitness    4. Dietary supplements    5. General    6. Health & Fitness    7. Health/Fitness    8. Herbs    9. Naturopathy    10. Therapeutic use    11. Health & Fitness / Naturopathy    12. Popular medicine    13. Traditional medicine & remedies   

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Unlearn Relearn Uplearn
This is arguably the most important book of the last 10 years.
The latest authoratative story on vitamin C
What a well written, courageous book this is. Courageous because the authors, two professors of medicine, explain in laymen's terms, exactly how science is incorporated into medical practice, and how mistakes and bias get filtered into the mix. After making this clear, they follow the vitamin C story from the very beginning and demonstrate exactly how medical science developed a "bizarre" and illogical pet hate for vitamin C, Pauling and all his disciples. (and ignored apparent benefits) An Honest Bombshell
Utterly honest, easy to understand, "Ascorbate, The Science of Vitamin C" is a real treasure. The difference between a small anti-scurvy intake of vitamin C, a few milligrams per day, and a therapeutic dose of 10 grams or more per day is made crystal clear.
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Subjects:  1. Consumer Health    2. Health & Fitness    3. Spanish: Adult Nonfiction    4. Vitamins    5. Diets & dieting    6. Health & Fitness / Vitamins   

Subjects:  1. Consumer Health    2. Diet / Health / Fitness    3. Dietary supplements    4. General    5. Health & Fitness    6. Health Care Issues    7. Health/Fitness    8. Herb industry    9. Herbal Medications    10. Herbs    11. Toxicology    12. United States    13. Health & Fitness / General   

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Contains ALL sorts of info about common foods & other uses!
GRANDMOTHER'S KITCHEN WISDOM: OVER 6001 SOLUTIONS TO COMMON KITCHEN PROBLEMS, is a fascinating book with dozens of little known food facts sprinkled in among many "old wives' tales" that your grandmother used to tell. It also has an abundance of nutritional information about each food group as well as type of food. It's two faults are poor editing (incorrect grammar and some duplication) as well as the lack of a comprehensive index by which to look at various uses or "factoids" about a certain food or substance. Otherwise, it is fun reading and packed with many "factoids" to carry away with you ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cooking    2. Cooking / Wine    3. Food    4. General    5. Nutrition    6. Reference    7. Vitamins   

Subjects:  1. Chemicals in food, Hormones in meat & milk;Your Immune system; Vitamins, Minerals & Food supplements; Phytonutrients; Mental & emotional illness; Cancer, Heart disease; The Immune system.    2. Health & Fitness / General   

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Complete Book of Vitamins & Minerals by Consumer Guide
Large print, simple food lists and brief vitamin & mineral profiles make this a quick & simple reference.I find it irritating however, that the minerals profiled are not in alphabetical order and am required touse the back-of-the-book index.If you want in-depth information supportedby references try Jean Carper's books and the Health Prevention Magazinebooks.I also liked Nutrition for Dummies. ... Read more

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Thorough and documentated
My ony complaint about this book is that Professor Smythies is a littlebit too professorial.There were parts where I really had to concentrateand re-read in order to understand his explanation.However, he is verythorough in his explanaiton of the varieties of anti-oxidants and how theyhelp maintain good health.Unfortunately, we don't get enough of the inour foods these days and must turn to supplements.His cautionary adviceis good too. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Alternative Medicine    2. Antioxidants    3. Consumer Health    4. Free radicals (Chemistry)    5. Health & Fitness    6. Health aspects    7. Health/Fitness    8. Oxidation, Physiological    9. Pathophysiology    10. Vitamins    11. Dietetics & nutrition    12. Diets & dieting    13. Popular medicine   

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The definitive guide to Vitamins, Minerals, and Food Supplements

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Simplifies Healthy Food Choices
The Vitamin & Mineral Kitchen chart fits nicely on the refrigerator and encourages healthy food choices in order to meet vitamin and mineral requirements. The importance of each essential item is enhanced with food and herbal sources. Now if you are lacking in Potassium, bananas are not the only option. You can choose apricots, dates, figs, potatoes, raisins or yogurt. This expands knowledge about foods you can reach for when you feel you need to increase say your vitamin C intake.
The Vitamin & Mineral Kitchen Chart is Wonderful!
I really appreciated the detail andorganization that went into this chart.It is very informative, graphically pleasing to the eye, and make a great reference tool to ensure nutrition and health.Way to go!

So Convenient
What a great tool to have hangin' around.Finally somebody has put all of this great info together in a simple and attractive format.Very Helpful. ... Read more

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Subjects:  1. Alternative Therapies    2. Cancer    3. Chemoprevention    4. Consumer Health    5. Diet therapy    6. Dietary supplements    7. Diseases - Cancer    8. Health & Fitness    9. Health/Fitness    10. Vitamin therapy    11. Vitamins    12. Complementary Medicine    13. Dietetics & nutrition    14. Health & Fitness / Alternative Therapies    15. Health   

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Cutting Edge Stuff!!
Dr Mindell proves once again that he is on the cutting edge in nutrition...Dr Mindell is years ahead of any other nutritional author. Excellent.
Well organized.Very useful for all types of inquiries about what vitamins to take.
Vitamin Bible by Earl Mindell
The author is both a pharmacist and nutritionist. The workRead more

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Well organized, great information, clearly written reference book
This was the best book on vitamins and mineral supplments that I have ever read!It is comprehensive, very readable, and has excellent information.I learned a lot from each write-up and it was written in understandable language.Very well organized so you can easily find specific subjects you are looking for.An excellent reference manual for every home!

Exceptional guide to improving health with proper nutrition
There's now extensive research on the benefits of vitamins and minerals beyond just avoiding diseases caused by nutritional deficiencies. This book is an excellent guide to understanding those benefits and avoidingsupplements that either are not beneficial or may even be harmful atexcessive levels.Read more

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Interesting, Informative
I just started it to read and have found it to be very informative, explaining all the factors of memory lossRead more

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A healthy read
This is a well presented, clearly written primer to each of the essential vitamins and minerals. Each nutrient is allocated two pages in which the author discusses; how it works, advice for supplementation and its therapeutic uses. As a bonus theres also an informative section on herbal supplements. The super high resolution photographs of the food are a pleasure to look at in themselves- so much so in fact that my three year old daughter Natural Vitamins
The best way to include supplements into your life is to find them naturally in foods you love. A healthy diet will help you to have a fuller life. As a second option, you can choose to take supplements in pill form. Read more

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conslabs rating supplements
This book provides basic knowledge @ vitamins & herbs, but not very helpful with comparing brands of supplements and potency values.

still looking
This book did not give a description of all supplaments I was looking for.The buying guide was good but I wanted a complete vitamin supplament listing

Average Book
This book doesn't supply the results of its tests.If you want the results you still need to subscribe to consumerslab.com.I suggest skipping this book and just subscribe to www.consumerslab.com. ... Read more

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Vitamins & Minerals from A to Z
This is a wonderful book that details a medical perspective of differences between Africans and Caucasians and will point you in the right direction toward health.It is fantastic to read a book written by someone who hashad the "benefit" of western training and realizes the gaps in"knowledge" in that system.Read more

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Super Calcium and Super Recipes
The Calcium counter is amazing,but the great recipes were a real bonus. I keep in my desk and it really helps when I prepare the weekly menus for my family. My girls are already leaning how to have strong bones from the beginning!

Great source for foods that keep bones strong
My mother and grandmother both have osteoporosis. When my doctor told me that family history plays a big role in who gets this disease, I decided to fight it all I could. This book--SUPER CALCIUM COUNTER--is amazing!!! Thefood lists are excellent and so helpful as I plan my family's weekly menu.The recipes are easy to understand--and trendy--even my kids love them.There is NO NEED to get osteoporosis--if you can understand the cause andprevention. BUY THIS BOOK!!!

Excellent source for the top bone-building foods & recipes
As a registered dietician, I'm always watching for nutrition books. So many are full of hype and misinformation--yet SUPER CALCIUM COUNTER is the first easy-to-read book I've seen that is filled with the top bone-boostingfoods--and it is totally correct. The recipes are delicious--easy to make.Get the book--it will keep you strong your entire life! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Calcium content    2. Calcium in human nutrition    3. Consumer Health    4. Diet / Health / Fitness    5. Diets - General    6. Diseases - Musculoskeletal    7. Food    8. Health & Fitness    9. Health & Healing - General    10. Health/Fitness    11. Low-fat diet    12. Recipes    13. Tables    14. Vitamins    15. Dietetics & nutrition