Vitamin and mineral tips and facts are everywhere, but can you remember them after you’ve thrown the magazine away and turned off the TV? It seems so logical and common sense.

You get them from foods and supplements, and they do you good – so that’s OK. At least, vitamin C and zinc are good for colds, aren’t they?

The Vitamin & Mineral Guide describes:

• What they are
• Where they come from
• Why you need them
• What processing does to vitamins in food
• The meaning of RDA etc.
• Deficiency – the symptoms
• Types of supplements
• The ones to choose, and the kinds to avoid

For each vitamin and mineral, you’ll find:

• Food sources
• How it helps your health
• Supplement actions
• The ones to choose, and the kinds to avoid

It reveals:

• If liver has any vitamin A in it
• The problems of zinc deficiency
• When taking vitamin B6 can cause vivid dreams
• Which symptoms mean you’ve too little vitamin E
• Why vegetarians get more potassium from their food
• What manganese and molybdenum really do
• Which foods, other than milk, have calcium
• Why you need folic acid
• Converting salt content to sodium
• What has boron to do with bones, and much, much more!