Handy guide and reliable reference work

The author considers food and food supplements as the most effective form of medicine. This extensive work investigates the safe use of supplements to combat disease, avoid deficiencies and promote good health. The book contains information and advice on a wide range of topics like hormones, detoxification, allergies, cholesterol, plus the latest research into the nutritional causes of illness and special advice for groups like children, the elderly, vegetarians and sports people.

Section I: Supplements A - Z provides a short description, availability and suggested dosages. This section also deals with related subjects, including amongst the supplements entries for inter alia free radicals, toxins, blood sugar, neurons, neurotransmitters, nitrogen balance and many more. Section II: Nutritional Causes Of Illness looks at diseases from A - Z, under the headings Some Causative Factors and Promising Nutritional Research for each entry.

Appendices I - V consist of the rules of healthy eating (the food groups), recommendations on which supplements to take, official figures (daily requirements), the end to the common cold and a list of useful addresses. The book concludes with an index. The Nutritional Health Bible is a valuable guide and reference work; the information is presented in an accessible and logical manner.

Other helpful books on supplements and nutrition include The A - Z Guide To Supplements by Phyllis A Balch, The Supplement Bible by Earl Mindell, Anti-Ageing Prescriptions by James A Duke and The Superhormone Promise by William Regelson.

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