User's Guide to Vitamins & Minerals
eBook - ePub

User's Guide to Vitamins & Minerals

  1. 98 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

User's Guide to Vitamins & Minerals

About this book

Building on the tremendous interest in health, alternative medicine, and nutritional supplementation, the User's Guide to Nutritional Supplements Series is designed to answer the consumer's basic questions about diseases, conventional and alternative therapies, and individual dietary supplements.

Written by leading experts and science writers, The User's Guide to Nutritional Supplements Series covers a range of popular alternative medicine and health issues, including specific major diseases, alternative therapies, and vitamins, minerals, herbs, and other nutritional supplements.

The User's Guide to Vitamins & Minerals explains how these remarkable nutrients can make a big difference in your health.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Introduction
  6. 1. What Vitamins Can do for Your Health
  7. 2. Vitamin A and the Carotenoids
  8. 3. The B-Vitamin Complex
  9. 4. Vitamin C
  10. 5. Vitamins D and K for Healthy Bones
  11. 6. Vitamin E for Heart and Mind
  12. 7. What Minerals Can Do for Your Health
  13. 8. Calcium, Magnesium, and Potassium for Healthy Heart and Bones
  14. 9. Reduce Your Cancer Risk with Selenium
  15. 10. Chromium Optimizes Insulin and Glucose Function
  16. 11. Zinc and Copper for Immunity
  17. 12. Iron, Iodine, and Manganese
  18. 13. Sulfur, Silicon, and Vanadium
  19. 14. How to Buy Quality Supplements
  20. Selected References
  21. Other Books and Resources

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