- Paperback: 304 pages
- Publisher: William Morrow; 1st Quill Ed edition (Nov 1982)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0688015069
- ISBN-13: 978-0688015060
- Product Dimensions: 22.4 x 13.9 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,040,891 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In "Your Personal Vitamin Profile," medical scientist Dr. Michael Colgan shows how individually tailored programs of vitamin and mineral supplements lead to better health and longer life.
According to Dr. Colgan, no two people have the same nutritional needs. Consequently, an "all-purpose" one-a-day vitamin pill cannot guarantee optimum nutritional supplementation in any diet. And there are factors beyond diet that must be considered. For instance, a man who smokes twenty cigarettes a day may require as much as fifteen times the Recommended Daily Allowance of vitamin C to maintain efficient functioning of the immune system. A woman who takes birth control pills may require ten times the RDA of vitamin B12 to maintain normal functioning of the cardiovascular system.
Dr. Colgan's Health and Performance Nutrient Supplement Program -- a vitamin and mineral plan geared to the individual -- has been successful in reducing the incidence of herpes, eczema, high blood pressure, and migraine headaches. The program has also proven successful in diminishing the pain of muscle and joint injuries, and in alleviating depression. Moreover, Dr. Colgan's individually oriented supplement program has -- in a double-blind study -- helped athletes improve marathon times by an average of seventeen minutes.
Now Dr. Colgan offers his revolutionary program in this book. By following the simple formulas and tests set forth in these pages, you can at last determine your personal vitamin profile.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book allows you to assess the state of your body, and will prescribe to you the correct amounts of suppliments to compensate for the areas in which you personally are deficient. It is surprising how one simple test can help you ascertain a detailed list of vitamins, minerals, and proteins that are relevant and specific to your condition. In addition to this, the book provides an invaluable guide to vitamins and minerals in general. Colgan is clearly extremely well advised in this area, providing professional and immediately effective advice. The cost of this title is minimal compared to the instant effect it has been seen to have had on individuals lived and well-being. It is strongly recommended that everyone try this test at least for a short while as problems and ailments you could never before explain or treat may well disappear for good when your body has sufficient levels of all necessary vitamins.
A brilliant life-altering book. Buy this and consult it regularly if you care for your own health and well-being.
Format:Paperback
As a qualified sports nutritionist, I am familiar with Dr Colgans work. Once again he has surpassed himself with this publication.
If people actually take the time to read this book AND put its principles into action I believe they could save themselves from an early death and extended years of invalidity brought about by poor health.
He rips into the governments of the world (Namely the USA & the UK), for knowingly turning a blind eye to the possible cures of major health problems such as Cancer, Diabetes & Arthritis. Turning a blind eye just because of money & the power of the drug companies!
Buy this book. Read it & put into practice what you read...it might just save your life or, your children's life one day.
Dr Colgan, I applaud you.
If people actually take the time to read this book AND put its principles into action I believe they could save themselves from an early death and extended years of invalidity brought about by poor health.
He rips into the governments of the world (Namely the USA & the UK), for knowingly turning a blind eye to the possible cures of major health problems such as Cancer, Diabetes & Arthritis. Turning a blind eye just because of money & the power of the drug companies!
Buy this book. Read it & put into practice what you read...it might just save your life or, your children's life one day.
Dr Colgan, I applaud you.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Dr. Colgan's Book is Worth it's Weight in Gold
31 Mar 2001
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I have been following the guidelines in Dr. Colgan's book since it came out in 1982. I think the information in this book is as valuable now as it was when the book was introduced. About every 5 years, I review the profile to make sure that I am still on track with my vitamin and mineral intake.
I am 62 years old, have a lousy diet (lots of junk food), don't get nearly enough exercise and I am as healthy as a horse (I suppose I should knock on wood). I attribute this in large part to the fact that I am getting enough vitamins and minerals into my system thanks to Dr. Colgan.
I have not had a cold or flu since I started taking vitamins and minerals regularly; as far as I'm concerned they work. And Dr. Colgan's book will help you figure out the amounts that are right for you. It is the only vitamin book I know of that helps you establish the correct amounts; the only book that takes you and your lifestyle into consideration.
I highly recommend this book to anyone who will listen. I also highly recommend the religiously regular use of vitamins and minerals. If you don't take them regularly, they won't work for you.
Leland Sheppard
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Five stars would not have been out of line
27 Aug 2000
Format:Paperback
Five Stars would not have been out of line as a rating, except for the fact that the book was written so long ago(1982). The author cannot be faulted for "telling a story" that needed to be told at the time, or for the fact that scientific knowledge has advanced and so some of the information is now outdated. For its time, it was a phenomenally informative and useful book for anyone looking for both a scientifically valid rationale for individualized and complete vitamin and mineral supplementation and a practical guide to proper individual dosages. Its worksheets for computing individualized dosages are worth their weight in gold. I have been supplementing my family's diet according to Dr. Colgan's formulations for 15 years, (with modifications as new information became available or on the advice of a nutritionally knowledgeable M.D.) and have often recommended the book to others or given it as a gift. I am delighted to learn that it is still available.
16 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Micheal Colgans early work
6 April 2000
Format:Paperback
I had purchased this book after I bought Optimum Sports Nutrition, the difference between this book and OSN is startling. I find it hard to belive that the same person wrote both books. This is book is an early attempt to get the readers to realize that the vitamins and minerals and other essential nutrients that we need to maintain a healthy lifestyle are seriously lacking in todays (yesterdays?) foods. The book was written in 1982 and unfortunatly provides nothing more than rhetorical information, it reads too much like a story. I'm glad I bought Optimum Sports Nutrition before this otherwise I probably wouldnt have bothered to look at that book having seen this one. I hate to be the one to give Dr Colgan a bad review because I already have two of his other books (OSN and Nutrition for the Millenium both excellent books) but I hope some of you use this review as a heads up than as something to gauge all of his work. So to reiterate this shouldnt be the book that you first expose yourself to Micheal Colgans otherwise excellent work.
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