Each file presents a series of statements concerning relevant nutrients, with each statement being followed by selected abstracts from the literature which either substantiate or refute it. Clinicians must decide for themselves how strong they believe the scientific evidence must be before utilizing a particular nutrient. In order to assist you in reaching decisions, abstracts of review articles are included to provide the advice of acknowledged experts. Abstracts are presented in the order of their year of publication, with the latest papers listed first. As it is not possible to include all studies, preference has been given to the best, the most relevant, and the most recent.
All patients deserve appropriate trials of well-validated nutritional interventions.
Arkana Paperbacks, 1986. While clinical nutrition provides a complex, highly sophisticated approach to understanding and treating illness, it is also a young and still primitive field with an often disappointingly inadequate scientific literature. It is hoped that the reader will come away from this book with a deeper appreciation of the state of this rapidly evolving field as it exists today and will be better able, not only to utilize nutrition in practice, but to answer the many questions concerning nutrition being asked of health professionals by an increasingly sophisticated public.