Understanding Dietary Supplements (Understanding Health & Sickness) - Hardcover

MS Hollenstein (author)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1578069807 ISBN 13: 9781578069804

Publisher: University Press of Mississippi, 2007

Synopsis

For many consumers, taking one or more dietary supple-ments is a natural addition to a healthy lifestyle. The decision to take a dietary supplement may be based on the recommendation of a doctor, a dietitian, or a friend. Television, newspapers, magazines, websites, and persuasive marketing materials in the pharmacy or supermarket may sway buyers. Information regarding dietary supplements abounds but can be misleading or contradictory. Understanding Dietary Supplements is a guide to making informed choices. Chapters provide

• Both an overview and detailed information about key supplements
• Coverage of a broad spectrum of vitamins and minerals, herbs and botanicals, drugs, and other options
• Jargon-free explanations of how each supplement can work on the body
• Safety concerns about interactions and misuse
• Regulations imposed on the industry and recent trends in the industry's development
• A glossary and listings of outside resources

Included here, the full text of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994--the model for the FDA's regulation of dietary supplements--affords guidance to deciphering labels and determining value. Understanding Dietary Supplements is an easy-to-use guide to a much demanded but often misunderstood group of products. Jenna Hollenstein is clinical editor at the Pri-Med Institute of MC Communications in Boston, Massachusetts. Her work has been published in Nutrition Reviews, Nutrition in Clinical Care, ILSI News, Pri-Med in Practice, and Pri-Med Online.

About this title

From the Inside Flap

A handy guide to the evaluation and use of vitamins, minerals, herbs, botanicals, and more

Edition details

• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1578069807
• ISBN 13: 9781578069804
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 277