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RR 2011/279 Encyclopedia of Dietary Supplements (2nd edition) Edited by Paul M. Coates, Joseph M. Betz, Gordon M. Cragg, Mark A. Levine, Joel Moss and Jeffrey D. White Informa Healthcare New York, NY, and London 2010 ISBN 978 1 4398 1929 6 URL: http://informahealthcare.com/doi/book/10.3109/ 9781439819296 Last visited December 2010 Contact vendor for online pricing information; also available in print as a single volume priced at £540/$1,000
Keywords Diet, Electronic media, Encyclopedias, Nutrition
Review DOI 10.1108/09504121111156175
The second edition of the Encyclopedia of Dietary Supplements is available in both print and online formats. For this review, only the online version was used. According to the preface, this edition contains updates and revisions for the chapters contained in the first edition, as well as 12 new chapters. Each of the 96 chapters focuses on one dietary supplement, which, the encyclopaedia acknowledges, is only a small sample of the supplements available. The supplements chosen for inclusions were selected because of their frequency of use and the amount of scientific information known about the substances. Paul Coates, the first editor listed, is the Director of the Office of Dietary Supplements at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland, USA. Six other editors are listed, most of whom have ties to the NIH.
The preface states that, "[T]he goal of this book is to provide readers with comprehensive, yet accessible, information on...