Jill E. Winland-Brown, Lynne Dunphy, Nina Waasdorp-Nolte "Vitamins & Minerals Laminate Reference Chart (Quickstudy: Health)"
Barcharts | 2001-03 | ISBN: 1572225513 | pages | PDF | 5 MB
I am thankful for this well-formatted list. Although it does not include all important details, it does provide a brief "at-a-glance" reference for the vitamin and mineral sources along with their deficiency and toxicity symptoms, suggested dosages, therapeutic recommendations,and even a few drug interaction alerts. It is a bi-fold, four page chart, with more lists than I expected. It is definitely worth the cost.
However, an ERROR is under the POTASSIUM deficiency sympotoms. It states DECREASED blood pressure and it should be ELEVATED BLOOD PRESSURE. This is incredibly important! Often a person with hypertension has a sodium/potassium imbalance. However, instead of the doctor trying potassium therapy on the patient, the doctor will prescribe a blood pressure medication which also acts as a diuretic, further depleting the patient of more potassium and making the problem worse. The human body, with it's original diet consisting of potassium enriched foods and very little sodium, was designed to retain the sodium and to eliminate the potassium. With our canned and proccessed foods, humans now consume far too much sodium and this imbalance is very common.
ANOTHER IMPORTANT REVISION is needed: Under "High Blood Pressure", potassium should be added, and at the top of the list for the aformentioned reasons.
