The intelligent person's guide to 50 key supplements, their properties and uses: essential reading for anyone wishing to make informed choices about their own health care
How vitamins and minerals work to keep you in good health
- The special role of antioxidants
- Bioflavonoids and other semi-essential nutrients
- Why take supplements,including quality controls and precautions
- How to assess your own supplement needs
- Buildings a personal supplement programme
- The best natural sources of vitamins andminerals
- Ginseng,ginger, and other useful additions to your lifetime diet
- Nutritional needs for the whole family, at different life stages.
Author's Introduction
Part One: A guide to vitamins supplements
Part Two: A guide to mineral supplements
Part Three: A guide to other common supplements and nutritional needs
Glossary
Index
Acknowledgements