This book is for anyone who wants an understanding of the fascinating role vitamins and minerals play in nutrition. It can be used as a supplementary textbook for nutrition classes, as a self-learning guide, and as a refresher for health professionals. This book broadens and explains the vitamin and mineral information found in standard nutrition courses. Throughout the text are many figures, graphs, and tables that visually display information and relationships. If you have not taken a class in biochemistry, then this will be an interesting and relevant way to be introduced to it