Functional Herbal Medicines. Taking Advantage of the Science Factor.

Today's conventional wisdom is tomorrow's historical footnote! We are witnessing a revolution in our understanding of the crucial role that nutrients play in illness-prevention and disease risk-reduction --both in general and, in particular, for those ailments associated with rapidly-changing tressful lifestyles and degenerative diseases. A wealth of new technologies and genetic information promises to provide people with an unprecedented number of innovative new treatment options. In fact, in the next 20 years, experts predict the number of new entries to outstrip and largely replace today's well-accepted preparations. This is a visionary book, underscoring the importace of the "science factor".