Dr. Atkins’ Vita-Nutrient Solution: Nature’s Answer to Drugs

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by  Robert C. Atkins

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VITASI1TRIEW
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The doctor whu&e uooks
have helped millions of
readers explains how the right
combination ot vita-nutrients
enables the body to heal itself
without resorting to
conventional drugs.
In his bestselling New Diet Revolution, Dr. Robert
Atkins explained the scientific principles behind
his low-carbohydrate approach, which produces
not only dramatic weight loss but also effective pro-
tection against diabetes, heart disease, and high
blood pressure. Now, in Dr. Atkins' Vita-Nutrient
Solution, he explains the superior healing power of
natural supplements over pharmaceuticals to treat a
wide variety ofmajor and minor medical conditions.
Dr. Atkins is one of today's most enduring and
prominent practitioners ofcomplementary medicine
—
and nutritional therapy an approach to health care
that he has championed since the 1970s. The vital
information he presents here, culled from his per-
sonal databank of more than 3,000 cutting-edge
studies, has drawn thousands of patients to his
Atkins Center for Complementary Medicine in
Manhattan. Now, for the first time, he makes his
revolutionary program accessible outside ofhis prac-
tice. This enormously important book presents the
scientific basis for the function of nutrients as the
body's first line of defense against disease, firmly
launching nutritional therapy into the mainstream of
medical legitimacy.
With his trademark gift for making complex
ideas accessible, Dr. Atkins shows how vita-nutri-
ents, which include vitamins, minerals, amino acids,
herbs, and hormones, are the treatment ofchoice for
most of the chronic illnesses that plague us today.
In some cases, he asserts, they can even supersede
the drugs and invasive procedures that are so com-
monly and casually prescribed. In this insightful
and wonderfully readable book, Dr. Atkins presents
a comprehensive guide to mon Ired sup-
plements that, because they adc causes of
disease instead oftemporarily mptoms,
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promote longer-lasting, raoi healing.
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DR. ATKINS'
VITA-NUTRIENT
SOLUTION
NATURE'S ANSWER TO DRUGS
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Robert
C.
Atkins. M.D.
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LibraryofCongress Cataloging-in-PublicationData
Atkins, RobertC.
Dr. Atkins' vita-nutrientsolution : nature'sanswerstodrugs/
RobertC. Atkins,
p. cm.
Includes bibliographicalreferencesand index.
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1.Vitamins Therapeutic use. 2. Dietarysupplements
Therapeutic use. I. Title.
RM259.A85 1998 97-42790
615' .328—dc21 CIP
ISBN0-684-81849-3
This bookisnotmeanttoreplacethe adviceandtreatmentsprescribed byyour
healthcareprovider. Itisnotmeanttoencouragetreatmentofillness, disease, orother
medicalproblems bythelayman. Rather, itismeanttoinformyouandopenyouto
newhealthchoicesthatarenowavailabletothosewho seek broaderknowledge. Any
applicationoftherecommendationssetforthinthe followingpagesisatthereader's
discretionandsolerisk. Ifyouare undera physician'scareforanycondition,heorshe
canadviseyouaboutinformationdescribedinthis book.
Contents
INTRODUCTION: The Cat's Outofthe Bag 13
PART
I
Nutrients vs. Drugs
CHAPTER 1 The TreatmentojChoice 19
The Gratifications ofNutritional Medicine 19
Case Histories Provide Scientific Data 20
Treatment ofChoice Defined 21
Enablers vs. Blockers: ComplementaryTherapy 23
A BriefHistory ofNutrition 24
Beyond Deficiency 26
CHAPTER 2 When OurNutrition Fails Us 28
Diet-Related Disorders 28
r
Food Falls Short 28
The Refining Predicament 29
Sugar: The Antinutrient 30
OtherAssaults 31
The Vita-NutrientNaysayers 31
The Countermovement Becomes a Revolution 32
My Own Transformation 33
The Vita-NutrientInformation Explosion 34
4 Contents
PART
II
The Vita-Nutrients
CHAPTER 3 Vitamins 43
VitaminA: Infection fighter, skin protector 43
Carotenoids: Cancer and heart protectors, antioxidant 48
B Complex: The energy team 52
Vitamin B Brain energizer 53
2:
Vitamin B Antioxidant, energizer, and team player 56
2:
Vitamin B Restores sanity, controls cholesterol, repairs joints,
3:
controls diabetes 58
Vitamin B The most essential B vitamin 63
6:
Folic Acid: Our most significant deficiency 67
Vitamin B12: The vitality shot 72
Choline and Lecithin: Nerve rebuilder 78
Inositol: Nature's sleeping pills 80
Pantethine/Pantothenic Acid: Better than cholesterol drugs 82
PABA: Energizer, stiffness fighter 87
Biotin: Diabetes benefactor 89
Vitamin C: The nutrientthat does it all 91
Bioflavonoids: The first family ofantioxidants 100
VitaminD: Bone benefactor 104
Vitamin E: The chiefexecutive antioxidant 107
Tocotrienols: The undiscovered antioxidants 112
Vitamin K: The keyto bone health 113
CHAPTER 4 Minerals 116
Calcium: Bone builder 116
Magnesium: The heart's most important mineral 119
Potassium: Our mostvaluable electrolyte 124
Iron: The double-edged sword 127
Zinc: Immune booster, wound healer 132