Vitamins & Supplements for Dummies - Weinstock, Shelley B

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Résumé :

Confused by vitamins and supplements? Look no further-this honest guide answers your biggest questions

Vitamins & Supplements For Dummies will teach you how to choose the best vitamins, minerals, and supplements to provide nutrition for your mind and body. Inside, you'll find easy-to-follow explanations of what key vitamin and minerals do, so you can make the right choices for your needs. Factors like age, lifestyle, gender, ethnicity, diet, and habits all play a role in determining which vitamins and minerals you need more or less of in your diet. Learn how to get blood tests, keep a diet record, and other methods of finding out where you may benefit from changes to your regimen. With this book, you can follow healing programs that include vitamin, mineral, and herbal supplements and lifestyle tweaks. If you use supplements wisely, they can improve your health, wellness, and longevity. Vitamins & Supplements For Dummies shows you how.

• Learn the basic facts about how vitamins and supplements affect you
• Get answers to your questions about creating a wellness program, longevity, and beyond
• Create a personalized wellness program to optimize your health
• Enhance your memory, mood, and energy levels with supplements

This Dummies guide is a great resource for anyone who wants to learn how to make the best vitamin and supplement choices to improve health, immunity, and appearance....

Biographie:

Shelley B. Weinstock is a Certified Nutrition Specialist (CNS). She earned her PhD in Nutritional Biochemistry and Metabolism at MIT and completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Harvard School of Public Health. She currently has a clinical nutrition practice in New Jersey and New Mexico focusing on assessment of nutritional disorders and their appropriate management through diet, lifestyle, and supplements. She also consults for companies and research institutions on nutrition-related projects....

Sommaire:

Make sense of the supplement aisle

People are increasingly turning to vitamins and supplements for enhanced wellness, inside and out. Vitamins & Supplements For Dummies is your starting point to determine whether you may benefit from vitamins and supplements and what are the most appropriate ones to choose for your individual needs and goals. You'll learn to choose the right vitamins and supplements for your age, sex, lifestyle, and health goals. Adding supplements to your diet can support your metabolic health, which is key to preventing chronic diseases, supporting your immune system, mood, and energy level. This beginner-friendly guide helps you zero in on what works best for you.

Inside...

• Choose essential vitamins and minerals for optimal health
• Understand how supplements work-and why some of them don't
• Understand the regulation and business of supplements
• Optimize metabolism for wellness and performance
• Discover dosage & interaction information
• Decrease risk of chronic diseases