The Best Supplements For Your Health,9780758202192

The Best Supplements For Your Health

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ISBN13: 9780758202192
ISBN10: 0758202199
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2002-10-01
Publisher(s): Kensington
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Summary

A comprehensive resource simplifies the often confusing process of selecting the best nutritional supplements for various disorders and ailments by providing a wealth of information on vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and herbs that will help readers make more informed choices. Original. 10,000 first printing.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix
Foreword xi
Preface xv
How to Use This Book xix
Part One: How to Choose and Use Supplements
Why Take Supplements
3(13)
Reasons for Taking Supplements
4(6)
Are Supplements Really Necessary?
10(1)
Why Not Just Eat Right?
11(5)
How to Choose the Right Supplement
16(37)
Step One: Choosing the Right Type of Supplement
17(12)
Step Two: Considering Your Unique Health Requirements
29(5)
Step Three: Choosing Which Brand to Purchase
34(11)
Step Four: Putting It All Together
45(8)
How to Use Supplements
53(10)
When to Take Supplements
53(2)
How Often to Take Supplements
55(1)
Storing Supplements
55(1)
Storing Oils and Probiotic Supplements
56(1)
Side Effects, Interactions, and Toxicity
57(2)
Subtle Misinformation
59(3)
When Not to Take Supplements
62(1)
Too Good to Be True?
63(16)
What a Deal! Or Is It?
63(1)
Something to Hide?
64(1)
Multilevel Marketing or Pyramid Schemes
64(2)
Radio Infomercials
66(2)
Grow Your Vitamins?
68(1)
What's That Smell?
69(1)
Why Does It Fizz?
70(1)
Just the Facts, Please
71(1)
Fluff
72(1)
Unregulated Dietary Supplements and Hidden Ingredients
73(6)
Part Two: A Supplement Encyclopedia
Individual Nutrients and Herbs
79(224)
Combination Remedies
303(96)
Appendix A: Vitamins: Historical Comparison of RDIs, RDAs, and DRIs, 1968 to Present 399(2)
Appendix B: Minerals: Historical Comparison of RDIs, RDAs, and DRIs, 1968 to Present 401(2)
Appendix C: Resource List 403(6)
For More In formation 409(4)
Index 413

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