Offers a safe, effective plan for lowering blood pressure that is based on a combination of functional foods, a simple exercise regimen, and a modest calorie restriction and doesn't include prescription medication.

Investigates the hidden dangers of vitamins and supplements along with how they are regulated and marketed.

"This text covers the three critical nutritional times: pre-pregnancy, the three trimesters of pregnancy, and the 'fourth trimester' when mothers are feeding their newborns"--

Provides a look at the nutrients that foods and supplements offer and how they work with the body and offers an A-Z directory on over nine hundred vitamins, minerals, and supplements.

"The startling story of America's devotion to vitamins-and how it keeps us from good health. Health-conscious Americans seek out vitamins any way they can, whether in a morning glass of orange juice, a piece of vitamin-enriched bread, or a daily multivitamin. We believe that vitamins are always beneficial and that the more we can get, the better-and yet despite this familiarity, few of us could explain what vitamins actually are. Instead, we outsource...

"Cancer has escalated from a once obscure disease to a leading cause of death worldwide. Chemo, radiation, and surgery can reduce tumor burden but do nothing to change the underlying causes of cancer. Enter the need for this book. Using evidence-based guidelines, this book gives you a simple diet and supplement program to augment your doctor's best care while undergoing cancer treatment. This book shows the reader how nutrition can augment immune...