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About Earl Mindell's New Vitamin Bible
Product Description America's #1 vitamin book--now with extensive new material and special sections. This classic guide has been completely updated to put the information you need at your fingertips so you can live a longer, healthier and better life. Discover: How to maximize the effectiveness of your vitamins/supplements and avoid problems by taking them in the right combinations New anti-aging vitamins and supplements that will keep your skin and body healthy and young-looking The art of personalizing your dietary regimen to fit your lifestyle, your health profile, and even your job Natural alternatives to hormone replacement therapy (HRT), Viagra, Prozac, and Valium Expanded sections on nutraceuticals, homeopathy, and aromatherapy, and how to find the best practitioners in these fields Healing regimens for heart patients, stroke victims, diabetics, and arthritis sufferers New warnings about dangerous drug interactions and "miracle cures" Plus! Expanded sections on herbal teas and tinctures, beauty aids, diets, salt and sugar intake, and new ways to boost your energy level, fertility, and sex life. About the Author Earl Mindell, R. Ph., Ph.D., is the bestselling author of over a dozen books, including the Earl Mindell's Vitamin Bible. He is a registered pharmacist, a master herbalist, and a professor of nutrition at Pacific Western University in Los Angeles. He also conducts nutrition seminars around the world. He lives in Beverly Hills, California. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Earl Mindell's New Vitamin Bible By Mindell, Earl Grand Central Life & Style Copyright © 2011 Mindell, EarlAll right reserved. ISBN: 9780446561983 Publisher’s Note The regimens throughout this book are recommendations, not prescriptions, and are not intended as medical advice. Before starting any new program, check with your physician or a nutritionally oriented doctor (see section 418), especially if you have a specific physical problem or are taking any medication. I GETTING INTO VITAMINS 1. Why I Did Starting out, my professional education was strictly establishment when it came to vitamins. My courses in pharmacology, biochemistry, organic and inorganic chemistry, and public health hardly dealt with vitamins at all—except in relation to deficiency diseases. (Lack of C? Scurvy. Out of B1? Beriberi. Insufficient vitamin D? Rickets.) There were no references to vitamins’ being used for disease prevention or as ways to optimum health. In 1965 I opened my first pharmacy. Until then I had never realized just how many drugs people were taking, not for illness but simply to get through the day. My partner at the time was very vitamin-oriented. Both of us were working fifteen hours a day, but only I looked and felt it. When I asked him what his secret was, he said it was not a secret at all. It was vitamins. I realized what he was talking about had very little to do with scurvy and beriberi and a lot to do with me. I instantly became an eager pupil, and have never since regretted it. After embarking on the most elementary vitamin regimens, I was not only convinced, I was converted. Suddenly nutrition became the most important thing in my life. I read every book I could find on the subject, clipped articles and tracked down their sources, dug out my pharmacy school texts and discovered the amazingly close relationship that did indeed exist between biochemistry and nutrition. I attended any health lecture I could. In fact, it was at one such lecture that I learned of antioxidants and their age-reversing properties. (I have been taking antioxidant supplements since then, as well as SOD—superoxide dismutase, an enzyme present in green and white tea extracts. Today, because of these, most people guess me to be five to ten years younger than I am.) I was excited about each new discovery in the field, and it showed. A whole new world had opened up for me, and I wanted others to share it. By 19
