Vitamins and Minerals Demystified

Steve Blake is the founder and director of the Maui Holistic Health Center and Natural Life Services. He has earned doctorates in naturopathic medicine and holistic health as well as earning a master herbalist degree. He has written a dozen databases organizing alternative medical knowledge including GlobalHerb and Alternative Remedies. He has developed many nutritional supplements including Advanced Nutritional System and Children’s Chewable by Rainbow Light and the Spectrum vitamin line.

• Figures, Graphs, and RDA TablesPrefaceAcknowledgmentsPART ONE - THE WATER-SOLUBLE VITAMINSChapter 1: The B Vitamins--The Energy VitaminsQuizChapter 2: Vitamin C--The Citrus AntioxidantQuizTest: Part OneChapter 3: Vitamin A--The Night Sight VitaminQuizChapter 4: Vitamin D--The Sunshine VitaminQuizChapter 5: Vitamin E--The Fat AntioxidantQuizChapter 6: Vitamin K--The Green Leafy VitaminQuizTest: Part TwoPART THREE - THE MACRO MINERALSChapter 7: Water and ElectrolytesQuizChapter 8: The Electrolyte Minerals--Sodium, Chloride, and PotassiumQuizChapter 9: Calcium--The Bone BuilderQuizChapter 10: Major Minerals--Phosphorus, Magnesium, and SulfurQuizTest: Part ThreePART FOUR - THE TRACE MINERALSChapter 11: Iron--The Blood BuilderQuizChapter 12: Zinc--The Growth MaterialQuizChapter 13: Minor Trace Minerals--Iodine, Selenium, Copper, Manganese, Fluoride, Chromium, Molybdenum, Lead, and MercuryQuizTest: Part FourFinal ExamAppendix A: Pregnancy and BreastfeedingAppendix B: Weight LossAppendix C: AntioxidantsAppendix D: The ElderlyAppendix E: AlcoholismAppendix F: OsteoporosisAppendix G: Quick SummariesAnswers to QuizzesAnswers to Tests and Final ExamIndex