What You Must Know About Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs, & More: Choosing the Nutrients That Are Right for You

I bought this book 3 years ago but first now during the past days have had time to read it continuing from start to finish, and during this have found that it's excellent book to use as a lexica.In the title I use the words "reference book" as I have found it being better, and easier, to go searching in than in Google. For example if wanting to know from where we are getting the Vitamin A in what we are eating, then we by the writing about Vitamin A, in a frame "Food Source of Vitamin A", are finding 54 foods sorted progressively, starting by the number 1, for having most of this Vitamin. And then in the chapter about the Minerals we in the frames are getting the amount in milligrams for each 100 grams, for example in "Food Sources of Magnesium", from 760 in Kelp to 64 numbers later, the 8 milligram in 100 grams of Apple.And it's good with the separate chapters concerning respectively Vitamins, Minerals, Acids and Herbs, in which we concerning each of the objects mentioned in these chapters, we besides the frames mentioned above, also are getting many details about for what they actual are needed, or just help, symptoms telling us about deficiency, the possibility for having deficiency, how big a dosage to get, and so on.We have 36 sides concerning Herbs, and concerning Herbs there exist so enormous many so we always in books find the existence of some more. But concerning the Herbs, for example in this book, it's also interesting on the whole of the side 166, to read the story about a dangerous Herb, that is the "Ephedra: A Potentially Dangerous Herb".And even though I during many years have been reading many books concerning what to eat, what the body needs, and so on, I still learned more by reading this book. For example about the Fatty Acids we always learn, as written on side 107, that we also are having the "bad" Fat, the Trans Fatty Acid (TFA), invented by man. But especially on the side 114 we then read that actually the TFA also exist in the nature. For me this is the first time to read this. And then besides, we also, on this side, are reading about an actual TFA from the nature, the Conjugated Linoleic Acid, which opposite to the by man manufactured Fatty Acids, among other is believed to fight Breast and Colon Cancer! Very interesting learning.Part 2 in the book "Health Conditions" covers 130 sides and having writings which is good for private persons, compared to for example the Mosby's Dictionary, as we here are getting more writing in each case, and besides we in each case also are getting tables with supplements to treat it.The only thing which I found to be missing in this book is that on the sides 263-264 we have the "Estrogen-related Problems", but here we don't learn about the different parts, types, of Estrogens. That is the Estrone (E1), Estradiol (E2), and Estriol (E3). And in a short writing, for which the two first mentioned helps Breast Cancer, and the last one fights Breast Cancer. So it's important besides having a balance between Estrogen and Progesterone also to have a balance between the parts in Estrogen.But all together a very good book which I without doubt in the future many times will be using as a lexica concerning Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs, and Health Conditions, after that I now have been using a speed marker in it.

Before I made the decision to purchase this book, I did a search on Kindle books for Vitamins and Minerals. Most of the books I found just had info on vitamins and minerals and little else. This book is very different and outshines the others (in my opinion) for these reasons:1) Covers Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs, Amino Acids, and Herbs (and has complete info on all of these).2) Has a Table of Contents (with links to take one directly to the chapter you want).3) Has an INDEX - This is so hard to find in most books! An index is so helpful if you need to just look-up a certain subject such as Magnesium for example..it took me right to the pages about this subject.4) Written by an MD and not just a layperson. When an MD has made it her business to really study nutrition, this is saying something so special about the book! (The main reason I bought this book was this).5) Sections of Resources (names, addresses, and websites of different agencies to help with healing and nutrition and also Section of References (reference books that the author recommends for additional reading).In my opinion, this is the best and most helpful nutritional book that I have ever read. And I highly suggest this to all!

This book is perfect for someone who wants to make sure they are eating the correct vitamins and minerals. It lists the vitamins, minerals, and amino acids essential for making proteins. It lists which foods you can find these in, and what the specified vitamin/mineral does for the body. It is a very good reference book and I highly recommend it, especially for the beginner or for someone who has been wanting to eat a more healthy, complete diet, and they just don't know where to start. Although it does not include everything, it is a book that I will always turn to for a quick and easy reference. I think that everyone who is interested in improving the quality of their diet should consider gettig this book. It is laid out very straight forward, very well organized, very informative. Five Stars.

This is one of the best books I have read in a long time. There is no filler, It lists the facts. It gives the pros and cons for every vitamin and mineral including the effects of toxicity, the RDA, what causes deficiency or helps absorption. This book a real good buy. I strongly suggest that you buy it. It is structured in a way that allows you to read it casually or use it as a reference

Loaned this to a friend and she really went through it and read it and learned a great deal without having to wade through a great deal of unnecessary information that she did not want. I enjoyed it to. Thank you for the down to earth short information.

easy to read, reference, cross reference.find simple inexpensive natural solutions to keep you feeling good; digestion, sleeping, energy, labido, muscle and joint aches...stay healthy without the side effects of pharmaceuticalsit is easy to understand why big pharma wants to restrict/control natural supplements; they are plentiful, inexpensive and they work!read 'Sugar Blues' (Dufty) to learn how the corruption of our diet has been going on for centuriesfeeling good physically makes life enjoyable every day, all the time

This is a GREAT source for finding natural sources to help with different illnesses or conditions.! I have given them to friends and family! I believe we need to know what God put in nature for our healing and well-being. Well written and easy to understand! Tell you if you need to check with you doctor before using, if safe with medications, and other information.

I really liked the way the book was written and easy to read. It is a really good reference for more optimal doses of vitamins and minerals. More info on herbs would have been good, a little weak there, otherwise all in all a very good book. I would recommend this book to friends and family.

Being in Hospital industry for 30 yrs, I know the pros n cons of Allopathy. In emergencies Allopathy is the best at the cumbersome expenses. Avoid that & start taking the correct nutrition. This book will certainly help you in selecting right food.

It's just that one needs to believe and work on the mentioned nutrition as explained... I think in future also it will suffice the needs for which I was in search of something........ I wish good luck and my best wishes to author and team ....... Thanks for a good work ...... hope exists..........

Good book informativeBut not all issues are addressed , still better to have proper knowledge

Gifted a couple of copies to near and dear ones.

I saw damaged and unreadable printing in the book just after the return period and couldn't do anything about it. It still disappoints me and makes me actually write a review, as the bad printing has led to incomplete content in the book.