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• Title:Consumer's guide to dietary supplements and alternative medicines : servings of hope / W. Marvin Davis.
  
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• Author/Creator:Davis, W. Marvin.
  
• Published/Created:New York : Pharmaceutical Products Press, ©2006.
  

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  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: QU145.5 .D265 2006
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Dietary supplements.
  Alternative medicine.
  
• Medical Subjects: Dietary Supplements.
  Complementary Therapies.
  
• Description:xxxv, 532 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 463-501) and index.
  
• ISBN:0789030403 (hard ; alk. paper)
  9780789030405 (hard ; alk. paper)
  0789030411 (soft ; alk. paper)
  9780789030412 (soft ; alk. paper)
  
• Contents:A cautionary tale from Hollywood
  Do we really want scientific medicine, or do we want magic?
  The uncertainty principle in medicine
  Who's a quack? Conflict on the current health care scene
  Historical natural remedies
  Botanical supplements as foods
  Natural botanical supplements
  FDA regulations
  Botanicals and prescription drugs
  Supplement labels
  If a little is good for you, a lot will be better!
  CAM: hope, help or hazard?
  Hormonal supplements: fountain of youth formulas?
  Antioxidant supplements: fountain of youth formulas?
  The soya saga: are soy products safe and effective?
  Supplements and superior sex
  Good fat and bad fat. Cancer cures: are they believable?
  Immunoenhancing supplements: are they effective?
  What is the price of globalism? Heavy metals, heavy risks
  Marvelous micronutrients: the vitamins
  Marvelous micronutrients: essential minerals
  Marvelous metabolites: amino acids, new biochemicals, and new health benefits
  Bioflavonoid benefits: chemoprevention of cancer
  The pharmacology of ascorbate
  Marvelous aloe vera
  Eye health
  Functional fruits
  Botanical mistaken identity
  The L-tryptophan disaster
  Miracles promised, not delivered: false hopes, failed hopes
  Accreditation, validation, standardization, assimilation, and attrition
  Would you bet your life on good advice?
  Spiritual aspects of health and healing.