Preface Acknowledgments What Are Vitamins and Minerals? What Are Dietary Supplements? Determining Vitamin and Mineral Intake Levels Boron Calcium Choline Chromium Copper Fluoride Iodine Iron Magnesium Manganese Molybdenum Phosphorus Potassium Selenium Sodium Vitamin A Vitamin B1 (Thiamin) Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin) Vitamin B3 (Niacin) Vitamin B5 (Pantothenic Acid) Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine) Vitamin B7 (Biotin) Vitamin B9 (Folate) Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin) Vitamin C Vitamin D Vitamin E Vitamin K Zinc Appendix: Recommended Intake Levels of Key Vitamins and Minerals for Different Populations Glossary Index About the Authors
This accessible reference profiles the vitamins and minerals most important to human health, presenting information in an easy-to-use format and summarizing the findings of key research studies.
Myrna Chandler Goldstein, MA, has been a freelance writer and independent scholar for more than 25 years and is the author of numerous Greenwood titles. Mark A. Goldstein, MD, is founding chief of the Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and associate professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School.
Summing Up: Recommended. Undergraduates, graduate students, and
general readers.
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