Nutrition for Primary Care

This reference introduces the avenues of prevention and nutritional control for chronic diseases in the primary care setting. It Includes the criteria for use of supplemental vitamins, minerals and herbs, and indicates their uses for promoting health and preventing disease. It contains patient education materials on fiber, cholesterol, fat, diabetes nutritition, osteoporosis, food allergy, and irritable bowel syndrome, and presents a fresh approach to nutritional medicine as a complement to drugs and surgery in the treatment of disease.