The Complete book of vitamins and minerals for health [Hardcover]

Prevention Magazine (Author), Sharon Faelten (Photographer)

Book Description

Publication Date: 1988

Discover the health and healing powers of super-nutrition: how to choose the best vitamin supplement, four nutrients missing from many women's diets, which vitamin tests are reliable, a vitamin deficiency that causes bruising, the number one anticancer vitamin, the vitamin you may need to keep your memory sharp, the mineral that can help lower blood pressure, plus hundreds of other practical, scientific facts about nutrition and health.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 720 pages
• Publisher: Rodale Press (1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0878577491
• ISBN-13: 978-0878577491
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.6 x 1.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #653,977 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars not for hypochondriacs..., December 29, 2011

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lazza (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Complete book of vitamins and minerals for health (Hardcover)

I found this huge book at a secondhand bookshop and thought it might be worth a couple of bucks. And it was, ... just. The book does a nice review of what the body's major nutrients (vitamins, minerals) are and why they are important. Better still, it also outlines the major food sources containing these nutrients. However much of this information is readily available online, and I found the book a bit too aggressive in giving examples of what happens when one doesn't get enough of a nutrient. Although surely not the intention of the authors, it seemed all like a scare tactic into getting folks to either buy supplements or, preferably, eat their fruits and veggies.

Bottom line: although this book is very dated it still offers some value. Yet there are certainly better books on the topic.