vitamins

This book includes over 500 comprehensive entries on vitamins, minerals, supplements, and how they work.

Explains why the human body needs vitamins to function healthily and what happens if people get too much or too little of certain vitamins.

Examines the foods that provide the most vitamins nutrients and discusses how one can select the best foods and supplements for one's health needs. Offers tips and advice on preventing a variety of diseases and disorders through the consumption of several vitamins and minerals.

Outlines through the use of text and photographs how vitamins and minerals are used in the body and explains the potential dangers and benefits of megadoses.

Focuses on vitamins, explaining why we need them in our diet, where we can get them, and the different kinds.

Discusses vitamins, how they were discovered, how they work, how they can be made, and how they fit into our diets.

Part of making healthy choices is knowing what kinds of things to avoid. From harmful household cleaners to cigarettes to more harmful substances such as drugs, this book arms young people with the knowledge they need to stay safe.