Dietary Supplements provides a comprehensive, up-to-date guide to the most commonly used vitamins, minerals, and dietary supplements.

This new edition of Dietary Supplements has been completely revised and updated to include the latest findings on the most commonly used dietary supplements. This publication will help professionals weed through the information and obtain up-to-date information on safety and efficacy.

Dietary Supplements includes:

• 82 comprehensively referenced monographs
• Full revisions and updates on all monographs, with particular emphasis on: antioxidants, calcium, creatine, glucosamine, omega 3 fish oils, probiotics, selenium and vitamin D
• 10 monographs new to this edition on: methylsulfonylmethane (MSM), nickel, pycnogenol, phytosterols, psyllium, quercetin, resveratrol, silicon, tin and vanadium
• Regulations relating to dietary supplements in UK, Europe and the USA
• Useful appendices including a summary of interactions with conventional medicines

Contents

• Aloe vera
• Alpha-lipoic acid
• Antioxidants
• Bee pollen
• Betaine
• Biotin
• Boron
• Branched-chain amino acids
• Brewer's yeast
• Bromelain
• Calcium
• /carbutube
• Carotenoids
• Chitosan
• Chlorella
• Choline
• Chondroitin
• Chromium
• Coenzyme Q
• Conjugated linoleic acid
• Copper
• Creatine
• Dehydroepiandrosterone
• Evening primrose oil
• Fish oils
• Flavonoids
• Flaxseed oil
• Fluoride
• Folic acid
• Gamma-oryzanol
• Garlic
• Ginkgo biloba
• Ginseng
• Glucosamine
• Grape seed extract
• Green-lipped mussel
• Green tea extract
• Guarana
• Iodine
• Iron
• Isoflavones
• Kelp
• Lecithin
• Magnesium
• Manganese
• Melatonin
• Methylsulfanylmethane
• Molybdenum
• N-acetyl cysteine
• Niacin
• Nickel
• Octacosanol
• Pangamic acid
• Panthothenic acid
• Para-amino benzoic acid
• Phosphatidylserine
• Phytosterols
• Potassium
• Probiotics and prebiotics
• Psyllium
• Pycnogenol
• Quercetin
• Resveratrol
• Riboflavin
• Royal jelly
• S-adenosyl methionine
• Selenium
• Shark cartilage
• Silicon
• Spirulina
• Superoxide dismutase
• Thiamine
• Tin
• Vanadium
• Vitamin A
• Vitamin B-6
• Vitamin B-12
• Vitamin C
• Vitamin D
• Vitamin E
• Vitamin K
• Zinc

Appendices

• Guidance on safe upper levels of vitamins and minerals
• Drug and supplement interactions
• Additional resources

Index

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