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(Health and Medicine in American Society.) By Rima D. Apple. 245 pp., illustrated. New Brunswick, N.J., Rutgers University Press, 1996. $48 (cloth); $18.95 (paper). ISBN 0-8135-2277-3 (cloth); 0-8135-2278-1 (paper).

Few would argue that vitamins are not important to health and well-being. Despite the leaps in knowledge that the science of nutrition has made in this century, especially as it relates to the function of vitamins, popular science has made many claims for vitamins, including "beauty building," improved sexual prowess, improved behavior, prevention of cancer and heart disease, and a cure for the common cold. Rima D. Apple has carefully studied attitudes toward vitamins on the part of U.S. scientists, industry, federal regulatory agencies, and families in this century and shares her insights in Vitamania.

Vitamania has eight chapters, each . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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