Fortify Your Life: Your Guide to Vitamins, Minerals, and More
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Health-conscious consumers read nutritional labels, but it’s nearly impossible to get the nutrients we need with diet alone. To get the USDA-recommended daily quota of vitamin D, for example, you need to eat 15 eggs or 26 sardines; of iron, 414 almonds or 15 cups of broccoli. So we rely on nutritional supplements—vitamins and minerals, probiotics and enzymes—but the variety of pills, products, and elixirs on the market today is overwhelming. And, as we have seen in recent news, some of these products are downright fakes. Trusted natural health physician and bestselling author Tieraona Low Dog, M.D. provides a personalized approach to using nutritional supplements for your specific health needs, helping you navigate the complex and often confusing landscape of vitamins, minerals, and more.
Dr. Low Dog explains the basics about every essential nutritional supplement and guides the reader in creating a personalized supplement plan, tailored to individual genetics, age, gender, and lifestyle. Low Dog evaluates current research, explains the relationship between food and supplements, describes how medications cause chemical imbalances in the body, and advises on how to judge brands and read labels.
Low Dog engages and encourages readers to take charge of their own health and provides guidance to find the right combination of nutritional supplements to improve mood, strength, energy, and well-being.
ASIN : 1426216688
Publisher : National Geographic; 1st edition (February 2, 2016)
Language : English
Hardcover : 336 pages
ISBN-10 : 9781426216688
ISBN-13 : 978-1426216688
Item Weight : 1.18 pounds
Dimensions : 6.21 x 1.12 x 9.32 inches
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Customers find the book informative and relevant. They find the information clear, concise, and well-written. Many consider it a must-read and a great reference for those interested in vitamins and minerals. The book provides good value and helps customers make wise choices regarding supplements.
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Jenni R. –
Fortify Your Life
Dr Lowdog is an expert at explaining how natural foods and herbs can help heal/prevent disease states. Very well written and should be on everyone’s nightstand!
Jerry Woolpy –
Your guide to vitamins, minerals, and more
Review for Amazon by Jerry Woolpy of Fortify your Life: your guide to vitamins, minerals, and more by Tieraona Low DogIf a physician tells you that you do not need to take vitamins, minerals, or any other supplements, please consider that nutrition has not been included in medical education until very recently and even now only for a very small part of the curriculum. It is rarely if ever included in the state licensing exams. In fact, you may know more about it than the doctor. Tieraona Low Dog comes to the rescue. Pregnancy, infancy, youth, adolescence, middle age, elderly all have special needs as do people who are eating mostly processed food, not enough fruits and vegetables, not range fed meats, vegetarians and vegans, diabetics, and lots of others. In fact, given that much of our food is grown on depleted soil almost everyone could benefit from supplements. Chapter by chapter, for vitamins, minerals, and other common supplements she summarizes âWhat it doesâ, âFood Sources or What to eatâ, Signs of Deficiencyâ, âRisk for Deficiencyâ, âRDAâ, âSupplement Considerationsâ and she includes drug interactions in detail for many common prescriptions. Tieraona Low Dog has documented the book with the latest studies including those in progress and she discusses many of the uncertainties. This is a book to read, to consult, and to have as a second opinion for any advice you may receive. Conscientious persons who take charge of their own health will find it an essential guide.
Robert Sheeler –
This makes a great addition to Dr
Dr. Low Dog has done it again!!!She has written a book that everyone needs to have in their home and more importantly, I believe all physicians should have in their offices and as someone who has taught medical students at the Mayo Clinic for almost the last twenty years, I believe this book should be a part of mandatory reading for all medical students (Mayo and beyond)!Dr. Tieraona Low Dog is a world recognized expert in nutrition and preventive health and has written a book that distills down all of the typical hype around supplements that has for many caused extreme confusion and she has provided an interesting to read and relevant synopsis of what we should be taking our time to understand and spend our money on to improve our health and prevent disease.Dr. Low Dog includes very comprehensive graphs to cover various diseases and medications to make this text useable for people in various states of health or illness.This makes a great addition to Dr. Low Dog’s other books, which you should have already purchased if you are interested in improving the health of you and your family.
Robert Summers –
Good guide.
Very good data on the supplements she covers. Well written and understandable with reasons why things work or don’t work for various conditions. The only reason I didn’t give it a 5 was because the coverage did not meet my expectations in the areas of inflammation and osteoarthritis. I am old.
Tracy –
Love this woman-excellent book
I follow this author’s pod casts and have read other things she’s written. I listen to her spot on NPR and always find them excellent and informative. I like her a lot!This particular book is very reader friendly. Well organized, comprehensive, written in language most of us can grasp and gives just the right of information for each item. I purchased one for me and another for a like minded friend. She also gives this book rave reviews. I would strongly recommend it.
Erik Hauser –
One of the most useful books I have read so far
Information chaos is constantly on the rise nowadays and our abilities for sorting out useful advice are inadequate. In the area of nutrition/supplementation it is even more complicated.Fortunately, there are books like this one that provide us with a very useful filter with immediate application potential.The knowledge contained in the book provides a clear overview of the specific roles/interactions of vitamins/minerals, the importance of which is described in detail.I AM GRATEFUL FOR THIS BOOK – THANK YOU
LB –
Good Information, Well Written
This book contained some good information. It is well written and well researched. I believe for a lot of people wanting to educate themselves about supplements, this is a pretty good book to start with. It is by no means a completely comprehensive treatise on vitamins, minerals and other supplements and treatments, but of good value nonetheless. This book, though good, is not a stand-alone book and other sources should be read and researched along with it.
Dennis G. –
Great book on nutrition.
This is a great book on nutrition. The author explains in a simple and easy to understand language all the basic minerals and vitamins that our body needs. Great choice not only for the average person, but for doctors as well. This is a must for anyone that wants to understand his body’s needs and improve his/her health.
Kindle Customer –
The narrative on seemingly complex world of vitamins and minerals has put forward in simple and straightforward manner.Would certainly recommend this book highly who are on any sort of medication.
Gal –
Great
Amazon Customer –
Really an excellent secondhand book in good shape. I was really surprised. I definitely keep you’s in mind to order again in the future.
jenny –
Very informative and easy to follow guide to vitamins minerals and nutrients