Great Starter book

I just finished reading Vitamins Minerals & Herbs from front to back and am really pleased with the information in it. It is easy to read and distinguish the properties of each Vitamin Mineral & Herb. It reviews each supplement by common uses (per ailment), available forms, what it is, what it does, how to take each form and at what dosage, alerts or side affects and cautions. It also goes on to tell you what the likelyhood is that you could be deficient in an item and that some items should only be taken at a doctors request. It is a great starter book for anyone looking for information to treat themselves naturally. With things I have learned from this book, I will read into certain items more, because you should never just base your information off of one book. The only thing I would have liked to see was even more types of Vitamins Minerals & Herbs. I have never read their previous book "The Healing Powers of Vitamins, Minerals and Herbs".

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What is Reader's Digest Thinking?

What's wrong with Reader's Digest?

"Vitamins, Minerals and Herbs" looks like nothing more than an abbreviated version of their previous book "The Healing Powers of Vitamins, Minerals and Herbs" - and a lousy version at that.

This book contains such little useful advice on how to actually use supplements to prevent / treat specific health problems. And because it does NOT contain any new information, what exactly was Reader's Digest's reason for publishing this vastly inferior version of "The Healing Powers......"?

This is one of the absolute WORST books on nutritional supplements I've ever seen!

Reader's Digest had a chance to make up for one glaring mistake with "The Healing Powers of Vitamins, Minerals and Herbs" - and did they ever blow it big time!

The aforementioned book failed to tell readers one immensely important fact - that many nutritional supplements come in numerous different forms (i.e. calcium, vitamins C and E, for example). When buying nutritional supplements, people need to be aware that buying the right FORM of a nutrient is perhaps the MOST IMPORTANT factor in deteremining whether or not the supplement will provide the desired result(s).

The fact that the author(s) of this supposedly "updated" version
failed to mention this is totally inexcusable.

As someone who is involved in the nutritional supplement business, I must say this is a poor excuse of a book, and I am appalled at Reader's Digest for putting out such an inferior book that trusting readers are going to rely upon to help them solve health problems.

If you want a book that will give you EXCELLENT & RELIABLE information on nutritional supplements, read "Dr. Atkins' Vita-Nutrient Solution" - the BEST book ever written about nutritional supplements.

Shame-on Reader's Digest!

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