Supplement Your Prescription: What Your Doctor Doesn't Know about Nutrition

by Hyla Cass

Book Overview

Many prescription medicines deplete the body of much needed nutrients. Readers will learn which medications deplete nutrients, and how they can maintain their nutritional health. Safe, natural ways to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1591202272
• ISBN13: 9781591202271
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Basic Health Publications
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.3" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

For EVERY nutritionist!

Every nutritionist should read this book in order to know how important they are in the medical aspect!

All the things your doctor never told you

This book was recommended to me by my mother, who researches everything thoroughly. I take various medications for various conditions and had no idea what other effects they were having on me until I read this book. What an eye-opener! Anyone who has been prescribed medications should review the information Dr. Cass has given. It will be a smoother ride to the management of and recovery from their illnesses.

Supplement Your Prescription: What Your Doctor Doesn't Know About Nutrition

This book is easy to read and very informative and helpful about common conditions for which most of us take medication. Really does tell you things your doctor doesn't know so you can make better choices for treating illnesses.

Mehmet Oz and other experts praise Supplement Your Prescription!

For every dollar we spend on prescription drugs, we spend a dollar to fix a complication. Understanding how nutritional supplements affect these drugs could make them safer and more effective. --Mehmet Oz, M.D., Professor of Surgery at Columbia University and author of bestsellers YOU: The Owner's Manual and YOU: On A Diet As Dr. Cass makes crystal clear, what you don't know can hurt you. In this age of pharmaceutical-based medicine, this book is a must-read for patients and physicians alike. --Julian Whitaker, M.D., Founder of the Whitaker Wellness Institute and author of the Health & Healing newsletter Medications have been reported to kill over 200,000 Americans a year, with most physicians sadly being clueless about how to avoid this. Dr. Cass once again does an outstanding job teaching us how to reclaim our birthright of optimal health---easily and naturally! --Jacob Teitelbaum, M.D., Medical Director of the Fibromyalgia and Fatigue Centers and author of From Fatigued to Fantastic! This subject is so timely and the implications so powerful, that Dr. Cass's new book deserves to be read by everybody taking prescription meds, and more importantly, by their doctors. --Ann Louise Gittleman, Ph.D., C.N.S., award-winning author of The Fat Flush Plan and Before the Change Supplement Your Prescription breaks new ground in the previously unexplored terrain of how nutrients are depleted by prescriptive drugs and how to use them together wisely. A boon for both conventional and integrative medicine, this book eliminates the confusion and the guesswork. Both physician and patient will benefit tremendously from Dr. Cass's research, insight, and practical application. --Gerald M. Lemole, M.D., heart surgeon, Medical Director of the Center for Integrative Medicine Christiana Healthcare System and author of The Healing Diet From a recognized leader in the field of integrative medicine, Supplement Your Prescription is a vital resource to help patients avoid drug-nutrient depletion, and even enhance the benefits of their drugs with synergistic nutrients. A must-read! --Ronald L. Hoffman, M.D., Medical Director of the Hoffman Center and author of How to Talk with Your Doctor (about Complementary and Alternative Medicine) If you are taking prescription medications, you must protect yourself, and Dr. Cass tells you how to do it. --Stephen Sinatra M.D., F.A.C.C., Medical Director of the New England Heart & Longevity Center and co-author of Reverse Heart Disease Now This book is a must-read for anyone who takes prescription drugs and doesn't want to suffer needless side effects. --Marcus Laux N.D., author of Naturally Well Today newsletter This book empowers people to take control of their health by knowing what their medications are really doing. It contains a huge amount of information, like an encyclopedia, but an easy read. A must read for everyone taking a medication! --Dwight Lundell, M.D., heart surgeon and author of The Cure for He