The Vitamin And Mineral Food Counter

Listing the contents and calories of more than 7,000 foods, including brand name, restaurant, and takeout foods, this addition to the successful food counter series offers an introductory primer on vitamins and minerals, drug-nutrient interactions, daily recommendations, and more. Original.

Illustrated throughout, this book contains information about vitamins and minerals that are vital for healthy living. Tables show our daily needs, the function in our bodies, deficiency signs and common food sources.

Updated for 1997 with an easy-to-use index, this book tells readers how to get all of the vitamins and minerals they need from the food they eat--naturally, without taking supplements. It includes listings of both brand-name and generic foods.

Presents information on vitamins, minerals, and dietary supplements in a dictionary format, with over 900 entries.

America's Most Reliable Vitamin Guide...Completely Updated! We've all heard about the miraculous curative and preventive powers of vitamins, minerals, and herbal remedies. Now the new, revised The Vitamin Book, compiled by pharmacological experts, cuts through the confusion so you learn what to take and why. Here is authoritative and up-to-date scientific information on exactly what vitamins, minerals, and herbal remedies can do for you. You'll find: Detailed descriptions of vitamins, minerals, trace elements, and electrolytes, including daily requirements, dosages, therapeutic uses, and more The latest research on St. John's wort, echinacea, CoQ10, DHEA, and other popular herbal and dietary supplements An essential guide to brand-name multivitamins found in your supermarket or health food store Specific recommendations for children, athletes, seniors, and pregnant or postmenopausal women Guidelines for safe supplement use, including megadosing and critical drug interactions,The nutrient content of hundreds of common foods, including popular fast foods How computer programs can monitor your vitamin and mineral intake And much, much more

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It is always better to walk in knowledge than blindly without knowing why. I am one who wants to know why, what, and where. This book explains the reason why you need and should eat the foods for each Vitamin, Mineral, and more. It explains for each Vitamin, Minerals, Trace Element, Cell Salt, and more the foods that go with each and what function in the body that they help with. Deficiencies are how our body reacts (symptoms) when there is not enough. Simple and to the point.Symptoms are what tells us there is something wrong that we need to correct. It is so easy to look up your symptoms and start the process of healing by either eating the foods or taking what is needed. How simple and to the point are Food Groups, Functions of the Body, and Deficiencies (symptoms).