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Books: Subjects: Vitamins
Vitamin D: New Perspectives in Drawingby Emma Dexter List Price: $69.95 Available from Amazon $44.07 On 7-20-2006 
See Item's Page Book Description Drawing has recently experienced a renewal of importance in the art world; in fact, it has rarely been as widely represented in the biennials, art fairs, and exhibitions as it is now. Similar in concept, scope and structure to Phaidon's successful volume Vitamin P, Vitamin D presents, in A to Z order, the work of 109 artists who have emerged internationally since 1990 using the medium of drawing. Whether representational or abstract, small or large in scale, using only one line or rich in colors and pattern, drawings have a highly descriptive and meticulously detailed quality that is being explored by an increasing number of contemporary artists. Extending beyond the traditional image associated with this medium, Vitamin D hopes to illustrate the complexity, variety, and relevance of the practice of drawing today. |
Vitamin P: New Perspectives in Paintingby Barry Schwabsky List Price: $39.95 Available from Amazon $25.17 On 7-20-2006
See Item's Page Book Description Vitamin P is an image-filled book that provides an international overview of the state of painting today. Documenting the most recent concerns, ideas and trends, Vitamin P explores the work of a vibrant new generation that is revitalizing this traditional, but continually updated, medium. Included are 114 of painting's leading practitioners, who were nominated by esteemed critics, curators and other experts from around the world. Each artist is represented by numerous examples of his or her work, accompanied by an explanatory text and short biography. Vitamin P illustrates the richness, eclecticism and dynamism of painting today. It is a critical sourcebook and reference work for seasoned art world veterans as well as newcomers to contemporary art. A stimulating introductory text is provided by Barry Schwabsky, who writes regularly for Artforum. He is currently Visiting Lecturer at Goldsmiths College in London.
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The Doctor's Complete Guide to Vitamins and Mineralsby Mary Dan Eades Available from Amazon $7.99 On 7-20-2006
See Item's Page Product Review The essential home reference--now revised and updated with the latest research! Groundbreaking discoveries how vitamin and mineral therapy can help you
Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. SECTION I Understanding vitamins Notes VITAMINS: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE Nutrition, or the lack of it, has shaped the world. The pages of history record human suffering, disease, and the disability occasioned by malnourishment through the millennia. From the first description of beriberi in ancient Chinese writings (2500 b.c.) to the blight of scurvy that crippled or destroyed armies and navies from the time of Hippocrates to the Crusades, nutritional deficiency played a role. And it didn't end then. Human suffering from malnutrition followed us straight into the early twentieth century, when physicians filled mental institutions of the post-Civil War American South to overflowing with the hopelessly insane and disabled, many of whom suffered only from lack of the B vitamin niacin. How different a history humankind might have recorded were it not for the diseases occasioned by epidemic vitamin and mineral malnourishment. Although throughout history medical investigators struggled to discover the link between illness and certain food habits, the concept of dietary deficiency causing disease did not become widely accepted until the late nineteenth century. Prior to that time, the prevailing scientific wisdom held that the diseases called scurvy, beriberi, pellagra, and rickets--which modern nutritional and medical science now accept without question as being caused solely by vitamin deficiencies--were caused by an unknown infectious agent or a toxin or poison in the food. At the turn of the twentieth century, several researchers began to believe that perhaps certain foods contained an "accessory food factor" that prevented disease. Based on early investigations, researchers believed that the critical "accessory food factor" belonged to a group of organic nitrogen-containing compounds called amines. They named their discovery "vital amines" (from the Latin vita for life, and the chemical class of amines) or vitamines. Continued study would ultimately prove that the compounds were not amines at all, but the name for the food factors stuck. In deference to accuracy or to avoid confusion, the pioneers of nutritional research decided to drop the final "e," creating the name by which we call them today: vitamins.1 Each disorder and the vitamin deficiency that causes it has a unique and interesting place in medical history, replete with the missed clues, false trails, and serendipity with which the advancement of medical knowledge often stumbles and bumbles forward. I ask you to thumb through the pages of nutritional history with me now as we examine the Big Four dietary deficiency disorders in turn. The Classic Vitamin Deficiency Diseases Beriberi: Thiamine (Vitamin B1) Deficiency Over 4000 years ago, the ancient Chinese first described the disorder we recognize today as thiamine deficiency. This disorder, with the unusual name beriberi, strikes a wide assortment of body systems. Impairment of the nervous system and muscles from insufficient thiamine in the diet causes symptoms ranging from pain and weakness to paralysis and wasting; in the gastrointestinal tract, lack of thiamine may cause nausea, vomiting, bowel sluggishness, and constipation; and mental aberrations from mild irritability to frank depression, dementia, and paranoia can occur as well. Carried to its extreme, thiamine deficiency proves fatal. It is not surprising that the ancient Chinese, in their voluminous writings on medicine, would have identified and first recorded the symptoms of this vitamin deficiency disease, since thiamine is found in the husks or bran of rice, a main staple in the Orient. Once the rice has been milled to remove the bran, however, most of the thiamine is lost. And so, with the advent of milling processes, the incidence of beriberi among the Chinese increased. Modern food manufacturers add thiamine back into milled rice products--a process called enriching the rice. But even today, beriberi occurs in third world countries where populations rely on milled, unenriched, white rice as a main dietary staple. In the nineteenth century, a Japanese naval scientist named Kanehiro Takaki observed that some crews on long voyages at sea fell victim to an alarming number of cases of a deadly form of nerve inflammation, while the crews of other ships did not. In examining the dietary differences between ships, Takaki noted that the crews that escaped serious health problems carried less polished rice and more meat, fish, vegetables, wheat, and milk than the stricken crews. The addition of these foods (which all are rich in thiamine) to the sailors' diets prevented nerve problems and deaths from beriberi, which prevailing medical wisdom of the day held to be infectious--an opinion mainstream medical scientists continued to hold even after Takaki published his observations in a prestigious medical journal. The idea that disease could be caused by lack of some substance in the diet simply hadn't taken root in medical thought at that time. It was not, in fact, until 1890 that a Dutch physician named Christiaan Eijkman observed the causative connection between beriberi and diets high in polished rice. Ten years later, his colleague, Gerrit Grijns, proved that the disease could be prevented by adding the polishings back into the diet. One small mental step for Drs. Eijkman and Grijns, one giant leap for the nutritional good of humankind.2, 3 Pellagra: Niacin (Vitamin B3) Deficiency Medical historians credit an eighteenth-century Spaniard named Gaspar Casal for the first Western description (c. 1735) of pellagra, as well as for his observation of its frequent occurrence among people relying on maize (corn) as a staple. Although the disease did occur commonly in Spain, it also claimed victims in southern France, Italy (its name is, in fact, from the Italian pelle agra, meaning rough skin),4 and the Balkan States in Europe. In the Americas, pellagra occurred widely in the midwestern and southeastern portions of the United States and swept with a vengeance through the rural South following the Civil War, where impoverished populations subsisted on milled cornmeal, white flour, sweet potatoes, rice, and sugar: all foods with little usable niacin (or other B vitamins, for that matter). Although whole corn does contain niacin, humans cannot absorb the vitamin from corn. It occurs in a "bound" form--called niacytin--in which the niacin is attached to another large fibrous substance that the human gastrointestinal tract cannot readily absorb. However, treatment of the cornmeal with an alkaline solution, such as lime--a culinary practice common for centuries in Mexico and the southwestern United States to make it suitable for tortilla preparation--releases the vitamin from its nyacytin bound form, freeing the niacin in the corn for absorption by the intestine. Reliance on the lowly tortilla spared the Mexican and southwestern Indian populations from the ravages of pellagra even though corn is a dietary staple in these areas, too. Deficiency of niacin causes the development of not only an inflamed scaly skin eruption, swollen red tongue, and irritation of the intestinal lining with diarrhea, but severe mental disturbance, as well. In fact, as recently as the 1920s, medical specialists condemned huge numbers of unfortunate people to the grisly confines of mental institutions for intractable mental derangement that could have been cured by adequate niacin in their diets. Niacin insufficiency still occurs in Asia and southern Africa, where maize constitutes a significant portion of the diet. 1. John Yudkin, The Penguin encyclopedia of Nutrition (Middlesex, England: Penguin Books, Ltd., 1986), 374. 2. Eleanor R. Williams, Nutritional Principles, Issues, and Applications (New York: McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1984), 277-278. 3. Herbert L. Newbold, Meganutrients: A Prescription for Total Health (Los Angeles: The Body Press, 1987), 146-147. 4. Yudkin, 281. |
The New Encyclopedia of Vitamins, Minerals, Supplements, and Herbs: How They Are Best Used to Promote Health and Well Beingby Nicola Reavley List Price: $19.95 Available from Amazon $13.57 On 7-20-2006 
See Item's Page Book Description Vitamins, Etc. is the essential reference guide to sorting your way through this maze of information, helping you make informed choices about your health and well being. |
Ascorbate: The Science of Vitamin Cby Steve, Ph.D. Hickey and Hilary, Ph.D. Roberts Available from Amazon $28.72 On 7-20-2006
See Item's Page Selva Kumar M.D. June 8, 2004. lulu.com/content/55277 Well done, a truly fantastic book I pay tribute to Prof Linus Pauling (on) the 10th anniversary of his death. Mike Mesham, June 10, 2004. lulu.com/content/53926 Vitamin C could cut the health service budget in half. well written, insightful and at the forefront of scientific literature. |
The Real Vitamin and Mineral Bookby Shari Lieberman and Nancy Pauling Bruning List Price: $15.95 Available from Amazon $10.37 On 7-20-2006
See Item's Page Book Description Originally published in 1997, The Real Vitamin and Mineral Book was one of the first of its kind in the health market. In this new and expanded edition, Dr. Shari Lieberman and Nancy Bruning describe how anyone can design a personalized core supplement program of essential vitamins and minerals. While implementing the latest research, the authors expertly cut through the confusing fads and hype surrounding exotic (and less essential) nutrients to help people decide which vitamins and minerals are necessary in their diets, and the appropriate dosage. Lieberman and Bruning show how the essential vitamins, minerals, and nutrients can strengthen the immune system, fight illness, slow aging, and maximize health. Included in the book are sample worksheets and supplement checklists to assist readers in incorporating these important, healthful supplements into their busy lifestyles. Book Info Consumer text is a comprehensive guide on nutritional supplementation. Provides safe and effective ways to achieve optimal health and complete coverage of every essential nutrient from vitamin A to zinc, including how and why they work. Details strategies for maintaining health, fight illness, and strengthen the immune system. Previous edition: c1997. Softcover. |
User's Guide to Antioxidant Supplements: Learn How Natural Antioxidants Can Reduce Your Risk of Heart Disease, Cancer, and Alzheimer's...by Jack Challem, Melissa Block List Price: $5.95 Available from Amazon $5.95 On 7-20-2006 
See Item's Page Book Description Thousands of medical and scientific studies have shown that antioxidants can slow down the aging process, reduce the risk of common degenerative diseases, and reverse the progression and symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, arthritis, heart disease, and dozens of other diseases. This User's Guide describes all the health benefits of antioxidant supplements. About The Author Jack Challem, the "User's Guide" Series Editor, is a leading American health writer and editor of "The Nutrition Reporter" newsletter. His scientific articles have appeared in "Medical Hypotheses," "Free Radical Biology and Medicine," and the "Journal of the National Cancer Institute." Melissa Block, E.Ed., is a health journalist and author who lives in Southern California. She has authored and contributed to dozens of books, articles, and websites on alternative medicine,nutrition, and fitness topics. She holds a graduate degree in exercise physiology from the University of Virginia.
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Mosby's Handbook of Drug-Herb and Drug-Supplement Interactionsby HealthGate Date Corporation & Mosby List Price: $34.95 Available from Amazon $34.95 On 7-20-2006
See Item's Page Book Description With an increasing number of patients combining herbal treatments with prescribed medications, reliable information on herb/supplement and pharmaceutical interactions is much needed. This portable reference is organized alphabetically by drug name and features an entry for each drug-herb/drug-supplement combination that has a proven interaction. Each entry is rated on a scale of 1 to 4 to show the severity of the interaction and includes information on related drugs, an interaction summary, a discussion of the interaction, management suggestions, and references. In addition to the core material, there are also several helpful appendices on interactions by herb or supplement, nutrient depletions, and drug-herb add-on depressant interactions.
Book Info Pocket-sized quick reference provides current information regarding the interactions between drugs and supplements and/or herbs. Each entry includes related drugs, interaction summary, discussion of the interaction, and management suggestions. Text is designed as a companion to Mosby's Handbook of Herbs and Supplements and their Therapeutic Uses. Softcover. |
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