The Health Professional's Guide to Dietary SupplementsThis quick-glance reference helps students and health professionals educate themselves and their patients/clients about the scientific evidence for and against more than 120 popular dietary supplements. Supplements are logically grouped into 12 chapters based on their primary desired effect, such as weight loss, joint support, and sports performance enhancement. The authors give each supplement a one-to-five-star rating based on the level of scientific substantiation for each of its major claimed effects. The book highlights crucial safety issues regarding each supplement and sets forth recommended dosages for particular effects. A quick-reference appendix lists all the supplements alphabetically with their star ratings. |
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Contents
Weight Loss Supplements | 1 |
Sports Supplements Ergogenic Aids | 35 |
Damiana Turnera diffusa 378 | 54 |
Colostrum | 64 |
Energy Supplements | 73 |
Bone Support Supplements | 107 |
Joint Support Supplements | 124 |
Brain and Mood Support Supplements | 149 |
B Carotene | 276 |
Gotu Kola 387 | 284 |
Gastrointestinal Support Supplements | 325 |
Supplements for Male | 358 |
Pausinystalia yohimbe Aspidosperma | 366 |
Black Cohosh Actaea racemosa L Cimicifuga racemosa L Nutt | 370 |
Supplements for Diabetes and Blood Sugar | 405 |
GreenLipped Mussel Perna canaliculus 141 | 416 |
Heart Health Supplements | 192 |
Echinacea Echinacea angustifolia E pallida E purpurea 247 | 212 |
Garlic | 220 |
Immune Support Supplements | 237 |
Ginger Zingiber officinale 338 | 238 |
Glucosamine 136 | 253 |
Antioxidant and Eye Health Supplements | 272 |
Appendix Supplements and Their Star Rankings | 422 |
Hawthorn Crataegus oxyacantha L 223 | 429 |
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References to this book
Nutritional Supplements in Sports and Exercise Mike Greenwood,Douglas Kalman,Jose Antonio Limited preview - 2008 |