02025nam a22002297a 4500 KENaKMTC 20260319111055.0 260319b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9780071489010 DLC TX553.V58 2008 Steve Blake Author Vitamins and minerals demystified/ by Steve Blake New York: McGraw-Hill, c2008 1 online resource(xvi,342pages): illustrations; 24cm McGraw Hill professional Title from PDF title page (viewed February 14, 2008) Includes index CONTENTS 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 Explains the role of vitamins and minerals and how they work in nutrition and physiology, outlining food sources and discussing pitfalls of natural and synthetic vitamins Diet in disease lcc BK SO 0 0 lcc 0 0 001 001 GEN 2026-03-09 0 TX553.V58 2008 32977 2026-03-19 07:32:52 2026-03-09 BK 52305 52305