Fortify your life : your guide to vitamins, minerals, and more
by Low Dog, Tieraona (Author)
Summary
"Health-conscious consumers read nutritional labels, but it's nearly impossible to get the nutrients we need with diet alone. To get the USDA-recommended daily quota of vitamin D, for example, you need to eat 15 eggs or 26 sardines; of iron, 414 almonds or 15 cups of broccoli. So we rely on nutritio... Full description
- Life fortified
- Inside the bottle and behind the label
- Vitamins
- Minerals
- Nutraceuticals
- Supplements for common ailments
- Making sense of health information
- Appendix 1: your food journal
- Appendix 2: your personalized supplements chart
- Appendix 3: laboratory tests
- Appendix 4: drug-nutrient depletions and interactions.