The Best Supplements For Your Health,

    by Donald P. Goldberg, R.Ph.,  Arnold Gitomer, R.Ph.,  and Robert Abel, Jr., M.D.

About the Authors:

Donald Goldberg, R.Ph., is a pharmacist with more than 34 years of experience in quality control, manufacturing, marketing, and product development in the nutritional supplement industry. He has served as Director of Quality Control for Ingram Pharmaceutical Company, Boericke & Runyon, and Shaklee. He was Technical Director for Arkopharma, Vice President of Operations for Faraday Labs, and President of Vitamix, Inc., and Nutriceutics, Inc. He has lectured on herbal medicine and therapeutic nutrition to doctors throughout the United States and Canada and served as publisher for the newsletters Phytofacts and Nutriceutics News. He was a Contributing Editor, Nutrition, for The Chiropractic Journal and is Assistant Sysop on Compuserve's Natural Medicine Forum. In 1992, Mr. Goldberg purchased Willner Chemists, a Nutritional Pharmacy, in partnership with Arnold Gitomer. Currently, he is cohost and producer of The Willner Window Radio Program on WOR in New York City.

Arnold Gitomer, R.Ph., is a graduate of the Brooklyn College of Pharmacy. He has served as Chief Pharmacist for West-Ward, Inc., and Production Manager for Columbia Pharmaceutical Company. He has also taught toxicology at the New York Chiropractic College. In 1972, he co-founded Lewis-Gitomer Labs where he began to work closely with alternative health professionals. As a distributor of Nutri-Dyn Products, he became familiar with the requirements of holistic practitioners and the use of nutritional, glandular, and homeopathic products. In 1992, he purchased Wilner Chemists, a Nutritional Pharmacy, in partnership with Donald Goldberg. He is the lead host of The Wilner Window Radio Program on WOR in New York City.

Robert Abel, Jr., M.D., is a graduate of Wesleyan University and Jefferson Medical College. An ophthalmologist, he performed his ophthalmology training at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City and a cornea-transplant fellowship at the University of Florida. Dr. Abel co-founded the alternative medicine curriculum at Thomas Jefferson University where he is a clinical professor of ophthalmology. A recipient of the senior honor award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology, he has helped found eye banks, assisted with the translation of ancient Ayurvedic eye therapies, and holds patents on artificial corneas. Dr. Abel has long been a nationally renowned teacher of conventional eye therapy and is the author of The Eye Care Revolution. He lives in Wilmington, Delaware with his wife, three children, and dog.
 

About the Book:

An authoritative reference guide and a comprehensive encyclopedia of practical information for promoting the long-term health and well-being of you and your family. 

A Therapeutic Cross-Reference contains information on supplements used to support conditions from “Age-related cognitive decline” to “Wound healing.”

Here is the table of contents, presented as an extended quote:

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                 Part One: How to Choose and use Supplements


Chapter One: Why Take Supplements, 3
Reasons for Taking Supplements, 4
Are Supplements Really Necessary? 10
Why Not Just Eat Right? 11
Chapter Two: How to Choose the Right Supplement, 16
Step One: Choosing the Right Type of Supplement, 17
Step Two: Considering Your Unique Health Requirements, 29
Step Three: Choosing Which Brand to Purchase, 34
Step Four: Putting It All Together, 45
Chapter Three: How to Use Supplements, 53
When to Take Supplements, 53
How Often to Take Supplements, 55
Storing Supplements, 55
Storing Oils and Probiotic Supplements, 56
Side Effects, Interactions, and Toxicity, 57
Subtle Misinformation, 59
When Not to Take Supplements, 62
Chapter Four: Too Good to Be True? 63
What a Deal! Or Is It? 63
Something to Hide? 64
Multilevel Marketing or Pyramid Schemes, 64
Radio Infomercials, 66
Grow Your vitamins?, 68
What’s That Smell?, 69
Why Does It Fizz? 70
Just the Facts, Please, 71
Fluff, 72
Unregulated Dietary Supplements and Hidden Ingredients, 73


               Part Two: A Supplement Encyclopedia


Chapter Five: Individual Nutrients and Herbs, 79
Chapter Six: Combination Remedies, 303
Appendix A: Vitamins: Historical Comparison of RDIs, RDAs, and DRIs, 1968 to Present, 399
Appendix B: Minerals: Historical Comparison of RDIs, RDAs, and DRIs, 1968 to Present, 401
Appendix C: Resource List, 403
For More Information, 409
Index, 413