The most up-to-date lowdown on vitamins and minerals. Updated and revised for the first time since 2000, this new edition of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Vitamins and Minerals covers all the latest research and developments in vitamins, minerals, and supplements in the last six years. It features significant new information on Vitamin[Read More]

Discover Which Herbs and Supplements Are Best for YouDo you know that safe and effective natural treatments exist for many of today's common health conditions? The most recent scientific research suggests that in addition to promoting better health, many herbs, vitamins, and supplements may be powerful weapons in the battle against specific disease[Read More]

Hardbound. This book covers part of the presentations at the Twelfth Workshop on Vitamin D held at the Maastricht Exhibition and Congress Centre in Maastricht, The Netherlands from July 6 to July 10, 2003. A total of 323 registered delegates from 30 countries attended. The primary function of the Vitamin D Workshop is to organize and present scien[Read More]

This book is the first to explore the mystery and miracle of vitamin-D. Discover for yourself how vitamin-D helps prevent diseases and many health problems; helps heal the body and how its power has been overlooked by the medical profession. This is an easy-to-read summary of many discoveries and a prescription for healthier living that could be yo[Read More]

The goal of this book is to have the authors write in a crisp and concise fashion a summary of the most important and biologically relevant developments and the clinical importance of vitamin D in their particular area of expertise. The Editor is not interested in this book being an encyclopedia of information, but rather a user friendly source t[Read More]

From children to seniors, up to 80% of us are deficient in vitamin D, claims Dr. Eric Madrid, in his illuminating new book Vitamin D Prescription-The Healing Power of the Sun & How It Can Save Your Life. Vitamin D not only builds strong bones, but it can help prevent or control diseases such as diabetes, high blood pressure, lupus, and even cancer.[Read More]

Vitamin D is a group of fat-soluble prohormones, the two major forms of which are vitamin D2 (or ergocalciferol) and vitamin D3 (or cholecalciferol). Vitamin D obtained from sun exposure, food, and supplements, is biologically inert and must undergo two hydroxylation reactions to be activated in the body. Calcitriol is the active form of vitamin D [Read More]

"Vitamin 3-D: New Perspectives in Sculpture and Installation" is an up-to-the-minute survey of current global developments in contemporary sculpture and its close relative, installation. This vast medium of sculpture continues to be a central pillar of artistic practice, and "Vitamin 3-D" presents the outstanding artists who are engaging with and p[Read More]