![]() She reveals some surprising raw materials used to make synthetic vitamins, samples US Army ‘Meals, Ready to Eat’ and gives an entertaining report of her meetings with people in the supplement industry. Her lively account of the industry’s clashes with the US Food and Drug Administration, violations in good manufacturing practices and quality issues such as adulteration is both fascinating and disturbing. Price’s investigation into the dietary supplement industry is aimed at lay readers rather than health professionals. She uses some well known stories about scurvy-ridden sailors and pellagra-inflicted prisoners, and some less familiar tales, such as the transgenerational epigenetic effects of the Dutch famine of 1944–1945. Writing in a brisk, humorous style, Catherine Price investigates why.Īfter tracing the discovery of vitamins and their actions, Price explains the long-term effects of nutritional deficiencies. Many Americans have an obsession with vitamins and other dietary supplements, but still eat nutritionally poor diets. Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research.International Journal of Pharmacy Practice. ![]() Antimicrobial resistance and stewardship. ![]()
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