Vitamins, Herbs, and Nutritional Supplements

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This course introduces the most commonly used vitamins, herbs, and nutritional supplements. Single vitamins - their benefits, dosage, precautions, and contraindications - will be reviewed as well as vitamin formulas routinely recommended. Nutritional supplements will be introduced and their categories, benefits, and safety issues will be explored and discussed. The principal systems of herbal medicine found worldwide will be illustrated along with their individual characteristics and common usage. This course also examines the growing popularity of herbal medicines from a sociological and ecological standpoint.