100 Super Supplements for a Longer Life

Although humans can't live forever, life can be prolonged by paying more attention to diet, lifestyle, exercise, and the supplements that are the cornerstone of today's modern medicine. 100 Super Supplements for a Longer Life highlights the many vitamins, minerals, herbs, amino acids, phytonutrients, and other natural substances that are being used to prevent and/or treat heart disease, stroke, cancer, high blood pressure, diabetes, Alzheimer's disease, aging, and other debilitating illnesses. The book includes the most up-to-date information from medical journals, scientific symposia, and other resources from around the world.

First sentence: An essential cofactor in energy metabolism in organisms from microbes to human beings, alpha-lipoic acid and thioctic acid-provides sufficient protection against arthritis, cataracts, diabetes, heart disease, aging, heavy-metal poisoning, liver cirrhosis, kidney damage, AIDS, and other health conditions.

Year

2000

Language

English

Publisher

McGraw-Hill

Editions

6

Pages

448

ISBN

9780658009730

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