"...all doctors should be able to diagnose and treat nutritional deficiencies."
Royal College of Physicians. Nutrition and Patients: A Doctor's Responsibility. London 2002
Safety of Nutritional Supplements
Safety of Nutritional Supplements
Reports on the Adverse Effects of Supplements
- Safe Upper Levels for Vitamins and Minerals (UK) - EVM
- Review of Dietary Advice on Vitamin A (UK) - SACN
- Cochrane Review of Antioxidant Supplements (International)
Are Your Supplements Safe for You?
Major Contraindications in more detail
Site information
Treating Nutritional Deficiencies
Nutritional Emergencies
- Unintentional Weight Loss
- Persistent Vomiting
- Vomiting in Pregnancy
- Prolonged Diarrhoea
- Alcohol Excess
- Acute Thiamine Deficiency
- Vitamin B12 Deficiency
- Severe Anaemia
- Downloadable Lectures PowerPoint
Presentations
- NationalDiet and Nutrition Survey
- - 65 Years and Over
- National Diet and Nutrition
- Survey - 65 Years and Over
- (HTML)
- Nutritional Medicine
- on the NHS
- on the NHS (HTML)
Nutritional Assessment
Are you at risk of being nutritionally deficient?
Prevalence of Nutritional Deficiencies
- Britain – National Diet and Nutrition Surveys
- Other British Nutritional Surveys
- Worldwide – World Health Organisation
Risk Factors for Nutritional Deficiency
The Four Uses of the Essential Nutrients
Downloadable Lectures PowerPoint Presentations
Low Income Diet and Nutrition Survey (LIDNS)
Low Income Diet and Nutrition Survey (LIDNS) (HTML)
Safety of Nutritional Supplements