PDR for Nutritional Supplements

A guide to vitamins and minerals outlines the specific health benefits of individual supplements, identifies their role in the prevention and control of various diseases, and reveals potential associated dangers.

Sheldon Saul Hendler Ph.D., M.D., Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of California- San Diego, is a leading authority on the role that vitamins, minerals and other nutrients play in health, wellness, disease and aging. Dr. Hendler is the author of several award-winning health related books including The Doctor's Vitamin and MineralEncyclopedia, The Complete Guide to Anti-Aging Nutrients, plus others. He received his Ph.D. in biochemistry and molecular biology from Columbia University, his post doctoral training at the Salk Institute and his M.D. at the University of California, San Diego. He is an attending physician at Scripps Mercy Hospital and Medical Center and he conducts research on degenerative disorders associated with aging.

Dr. Hendler is the editor-in-chief of Journal of Medicinal Food and had written more than fifty peer-reviewed papers.

David Rorvik has been a science and medicine reporter for Time Magazine and has contributed articles related to science and medicine to major magazines including Harper's, The New York Times Magazine, Reader's Digest and many other. Mr. Rorvik was awarded the Pulitzer Traveling Fellowship and an Alicia Patterson Fellowship to investigate cancer research worldwide. He received his M.S. degree, graduating summa cum laude from the Columbia University School of Journalism. He has also authored, co-authored and ghost written numerous books related to science, medicine, diet and nutrition.