Product Description

The large numbers of Americans currently supplementing their regimen with various vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients continues to need a reliable, research-based source of information on these supplements. Now in its second edition, the PDR® for Nutritional Supplements maintains its status as a concise yet, comprehensive resource of the entire spectrum of current nutritional products. Updated and now including a new section on functional foods and drinks, the PDR® for Nutritional Supplements 2nd edition condenses the chemical nature of the supplement, claims made for it, laboratory animal and human research, risks and precautions and doses. Along with various useful indexes, each supplement monograph (arranged alphabetically by supplement name) contains information specific to:

trade names
supplement description and pharmacology
indications and usage
contraindications and precautions
possible adverse reactions
over dosage, dosage and administration
how supplied (liquid, caplet, etc.).

Claims proven, not proven, and disproved are summarized. The PDR® for Nutritional Supplements 2nd edition also has a brief list of common laboratory test values, directories of poison control centers, drug information centers, and U.S. Food and Drug Administration telephone services. Written by a physician with a Ph.D. in biochemistry and molecular biology, and a science and medicine reporter for Time magazine, the second edition of PDR® for Nutritional Supplements fills a gap in reference collections for all meaningful nutritional supplements and functional food and drink.

Those seeking objective, scientific information about nutritional supplements will find it in the newest addition to the PDR family.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #158326 in Books
• Published on: 2008-12-12
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 800 pages

About the Author
Sheldon Saul Hendler, Ph.D.,M.D. Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of California-San Diego, is a leading authority on the role that vitamins, minerals and other nutrients play in health, wellness, disease and aging.

Dr. Hendler is the author of several award-winning health related books including The Doctor's Vitamin and Mineral Encyclopedia, and The Complete Guide to Anti-Aging Nutrients; the book that introduced the term "anti-aging." Dr. Hendler is the editor-in-chief of Journal of Medicinal Food and has written over fifty peer-reviewed papers. Dr. Hendler serves on the Scientific Advisory Board of the Dietary Supplement Education Alliance (DSEA) and is scientific and medical advisor to some of the major food, pharmaceutical, and cosmetic companies.

Customer Reviews

You don't have to be a physician!
As a long time consumer of Nutritional supplements and a believer in natural foods and vitamins, today's 2nd Edition of Dr. Hendler's PDR for Nutritional Supplements is a treasure trove of useful and meaningful information, data, and valuable research. As part of the large numbers of Americans currently supplementing their regimen with various vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients, Dr. Hendler has truly answered the need of providing a reliable, research-based source of information on these supplements. I particularly found the section on functional foods and drinks that condenses the chemical nature of the supplement, claims made for it, laboratory animal and human research, risks and precautions and doses extremely valuable.
Dr. Hendler approaches both claims proven and not proven, and the reasoning behind what and why it is disproved.
If you are interested in your own or your family's welfare, and you feel supplementation of your food sources is important, then you don't need to be a physician to find answers to questions of continued health, but it wouldn't hurt to recommend the PDR to your physician either after all.

Invaluable Resource
The Second Edition of the "PDR for Nutritional Supplements" is an indispensable reference for everyone interested in nutrition and healthy living. Dr. Hendler's updated compendium covers an extremely broad range of substances and includes the most current information on their mode of action, suggested use and safety profile. For Health Professionals and Researchers it offers a concise biochemical, pharmacological and clinical review with references to the most current scientific literature. And for the supplement consumer, a reliable source of straightforward information without the marketing inspired empty rhetoric of most Internet sites.
As a person involved in pharmaceutical and medicinal research for many years, this is an invaluable resource for my library.

finally an encyclopedic resource
This book is the only authoritative bible on the subject of nutritional supplements and could only have been written by Sheldon Hendler, Ph.D, M.D., whose knowledge is unparalled in this field. Physicians and consumers alike do not understand the various components of nutritional supplements, when they should be used, for which conditions and when they should not. In this society, where nutritional supplementation is so widespread, both doctors and patients need to be thoroughly knowledgeable. Dr. Hendler's book belongs on the shelves of physicians, nutritionists, and those of us who take vitamins.