Comparative Guide to Nutritional Supplements

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A stroll down the aisle housing the vitamins in theAdministration (FDA). What this means is the
supermarket or drugstore reveals a cornucopia ofmanufacturer take full responsibility of ensuring
choices. There are stores dedicated solely tothe safety of their dietary and nutritional
selling vitamins and nutritional supplements. Basedsupplements. This also means manufacturers are
on the number of my patients who ask mefree to put whatever efficacy labels they want
questions about nutritional supplements, it hason their products…even if the products do
become quite clear to me that more and morenot do exactly what they claim, or worse, are
people need an intelligent, informative and practicalnot safe.
guide to nutritional supplements. They need a wayIn “The Comparative Guide to Nutritional
to decipher the A-Z of nutritional supplements toSupplements,” you will learn the scientific
determine which ones they really need tofact behind nutritional supplements, not the fiction.
take…and which are the cleverly hypedInstead of the marketing hype and scare tactics
fakes. That is why I recommend “Thehealth manufacturers use to sway you into buying
Comparative Guide to Nutritionaltheir products, this guide takes you through the
Supplements” by Lyle MacWilliams. Thisscientific facts behind nutritional supplements. Each
popular guide provides unbiased evaluations ofnutritional supplement is evaluated through 18
over 1500 nutritional supplements in the Unitedcritical Health Support Criteria steps.
States and Canada as reviewed by a team of“The Comparative Guide to Nutritional
physicians.Supplements” is based on scientific
In 2002, the prestigious Journal of the Americanliterature and results of clinical studies as
Medical Association published a reportexamined carefully by physicians and medical
acknowledging “most people do notprofessionals. The author, Lyle MacWilliams, is an
consume an optimal amount of all vitamins by dieteducator and former biochemist with over 10
alone.” Their recommendation wasyears experience in the field of nutritional
“it appears prudent for all adults to takesupplements. His research focused on the effects
vitamin supplements.” Since publication ofof exercise, diet and Vitamin E supplementation
the report, physicians have regularly discussed andon cardiac health. In 1999, he published the first
encouraged patients to start including a nutritionaledition of “The Comparative Guide to
supplement into their daily routine. As a result ofNutritional Supplements.” Now in the
this breakthrough study, the nutritional supplementfourth edition, this guide is available in a smaller
world has literally exploded.sized edition with over 300 color pictures for the
Fact: Dietary supplements are NOT subject to theconscious health shopper.
same stringent regulations as pharmaceutical