Supplements Exposed: The Truth They Don't Want You to Know About Vitamins, Minerals, and Their Effects on Your Health

by Brian R. Clement

What if just about everything you thought you knew about supplements and health turned out to be… absolutely wrong? Nutrition expert Dr. Brian Clement, director of the world-famous Hippocrates Health Institute, explores the various myths that have made supplements a "buyer beware" industry. Supplements Exposed strips away layers of deception to reveal the truth about what millions of supplement users each year have taken for granted. For the first time, you will learn Nearly all supplements sold in the United States and the world are synthetics created in pharmaceutical industry labs. As a result, they can be toxic to your health. There are distinct differences between natural (plant-derived) supplements and synthetic (chemically-derived) supplements and how they each impact your health. Nearly all medical science studies of nutrients and human health have used synthetics rather than natural nutrients, which throws the accuracy of all negative laboratory results into serious doubt. This provocative book guides you through the minefield of choices you face every time you buy vitamins and minerals. It shows you how to decipher product labels that are otherwise deceptive, how to choose naturally occurring (plant-derived) supplements, why recommended daily allowances spread confusion, and much more.

Genres: Health, Nutrition, Nonfiction

224 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

Brian R. Clement is a raw foodist vegan writer. He spent a year in Denmark as Director of the Humlegaarden Institute that had been founded by the Danish raw-food pioneer Dr. Kristine Nolfi in the 1940s. Upon his return to the U.S. in 1980, Brian assumed the title of Director of Hippocrates Health Institute and, in 1987, he moved the Institute to Florida.

Reviews

[Serena Long ﺕ · Rating 5 out of 5]

Are you a supplement junkie like me? What if just about everything you thought you knew about supplements and health turned out to be absolutely wrong? "MUST READ"! Provocative book by the nutrition expert Dr. Brian Clement, director of the world famous Hippocrates Health Institute. Dr. Brian explores the various myths that have made supplements a buyer beware industry.

[Amy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very useful book. If you take “vitamins” you owe it to yourself to read this book. Almost all “vitamins” sold in stores are synthetic copycats of the nutrients found in real food and in nature. Whole food and herbal supplements are actually bio available. Due to this, you are able to actually help heal your body and stay healthy. Do yourself a favor and read this one.

[Sandra · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you take vitamins, minerals or supplements you need to read this book. It tells you how to tell if you are getting the real thing or not. It is a must read!! It exposes the truth and how we have been tricked.

[Darby]

I got this impulsively from the Library's new book section, and I have been surprised at how good it has been, very interesting!

[Bryan457 · Rating 3 out of 5]

All about the strange stuff that goes into health food supplements.

So now my wife is ditching all the inexpensive supplements and buying more expensive ones. Oh well :-/

[Cathy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved the work of Johnathan Tropper and I will definitely look for more of his books.