Review of PDR for Nutritional Supplements 2nd Edition (Pdr for Nutritional Supplements) (Hardcover)

As a long time consumer of Nutritional supplements and a believer in natural foods and vitamins, today's 2nd Edition of Dr. Hendler's PDR for Nutritional Supplements is a treasure trove of useful and meaningful information, data, and valuable research. As part of the large numbers of Americans currently supplementing their regimen with various vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients, Dr. Hendler has truly answered the need of providing a reliable, research-based source of information on these supplements. I particularly found the section on functional foods and drinks that condenses the chemical nature of the supplement, claims made for it, laboratory animal and human research, risks and precautions and doses extremely valuable.
Dr. Hendler approaches both claims proven and not proven, and the reasoning behind what and why it is disproved.
If you are interested in your own or your family's welfare, and you feel supplementation of your food sources is important, then you don't need to be a physician to find answers to questions of continued health, but it wouldn't hurt to recommend the PDR to your physician either after all.


Product Description
The large numbers of Americans currently supplementing their regimen with various vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients continues to need a reliable, research-based source of information on these supplements. Now in its second edition, the PDR® for Nutritional Supplements maintains its status as a concise yet, comprehensive resource of the entire spectrum of current nutritional products. Updated and now including a new section on functional foods and drinks, the PDR® for Nutritional Supplements 2nd edition condenses the chemical nature of the supplement, claims made for it, laboratory animal and human research, risks and precautions and doses. Along with various useful indexes, each supplement monograph (arranged alphabetically by supplement name) contains information specific to:

trade names
supplement description and pharmacology
indications and usage
contraindications and precautions
possible adverse reactions
over dosage, dosage and administration
how supplied (liquid, caplet, etc.).

Claims proven, not proven, and disproved are summarized. The PDR® for Nutritional Supplements 2nd edition also has a brief list of common laboratory test values, directories of poison control centers, drug information centers, and U.S. Food and Drug Administration telephone services. Written by a physician with a Ph.D. in biochemistry and molecular biology, and a science and medicine reporter for Time magazine, the second edition of PDR® for Nutritional Supplements fills a gap in reference collections for all meaningful nutritional supplements and functional food and drink.

Those seeking objective, scientific information about nutritional supplements will find it in the newest addition to the PDR family.

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