Product Description: Are you confused about vitamins? Unsure of which ones you need for optimal health, and what levels are safe? You’re not alone. Many people’s health issues could be improved with vitamins―if they only knew how to use them. In this award-winning book, The Vitamin Solution, Drs...read more

The vitamins are a chemically disparate group of substances whose only common feature is that they are required in small amounts for the normal functioning of the body, cannot be synthesised in the body, and hence must be provided in the diet. Metabolically they have diverse functions as coenzymes, hormones, modulators or regulators of growth and development, or as apparently non-specific antioxidants. This book explores the known biochemical functions of the vitamins, the extent to which we can explain the effects of deficiency or excess, and the scientific basis for Recommended Intakes. It highlights areas of current research interest and activity. Those areas where our knowledge is lacking and further research is required are also emphasized. It provides a compact reference volume which will be of use to all in the field of nutritional biochemistry, and indeed all who are concerned with vitamin nutrition, deficiency and metabolism.

Product Description: Have you ever wondered why your body needs vitamins and why natural foods are so good for you? This book provides the answers! From vitamin A to K, children will learn how vitamins benefit the body and the foods in which they are found...read more

Thoroughly revised and expanded, an up-to-date guide to vitamins, minerals, herbs, and good nutrition includes helpful advice on how to maximize the effectiveness of supplements, how to create a personalized dietary regime, natural alternatives to popular medications, and much more. Original.

Product Description: Vitamins are a chemically disparate group of compounds essential for the normal functioning of the body and maintenance of metabolic integrity. In exploring the known biochemical functions of the vitamins, this book considers the effects of deficiency or excess and the scientific basis for intakes for the prevention of deficiency and promotion of optimum health...read more

Describes different kinds of vitamins and minerals, what foods provide these nutrients, and how they are used by the body.

Product Description: Exploring the main nutrients the human body needs to function and stay healthy. The fresh new page design provides a highly motivating, easy to use series, excellent for encouraging reluctant readers and developing independent learning...read more

Product Description: What are antioxidants? How does your body use vitamin C? Why should pregnant women avoid eating liver? The Body Needs series reveals why your body needs a balanced diet to be healthy. It explains how much of each type of nutrient you need to eat every day and in which foods those nutrients can be found...read more

Product Description: This book presents new research on vitamins and antioxidants. As oxidative stress has been associated with the pathogenesis of many human diseases, the use of antioxidants in pharmacology is intensively studied, particularly as treatments for stroke and neurodegenerative diseases...read more

Product Description: "Anti-Fat Nutrients provides do-it-yourself alternatives to empower dieters to achieve their ideal weight on their own. Using scientfically supported research, "Anti-Fat Nutrients: explains how and why the body gains and loses weight, explores new directions in the study of weight control, and details the important contributions vitamins, herbs, amino acids, enzymes, and other nutrients can make to dieters'lives...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Discusses what vitamins and minerals are, how they are digested, absorbed, and used by the body, and the role of these substances in a healthy diet. (view table of contents)

Introduces the major vitamins and minerals found in various foods, and discusses them in relation to nutrition and healthy eating (view table of contents)

Describes fat- and water-soluble vitamins, the function of each vitamin, and the foods that contain them. (view table of contents)