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Edited by Laura A. Coleman
315 pp, $74.50
Totowa, NJ, Humana Press, 2008
ISBN-13: 978-1-5882-9976-5

JAMA. 2008;300(9):1084-1085.

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Laura Coleman's goal in compiling and editing Nutrition and Rheumatic Disease is to provide clinicians with a comprehensive and current review so they are able to answer patients' many questions regarding the impact of diet and nutritional supplements on rheumatic diseases. Unfortunately, the collection—though an excellent compilation of the available literature—does not provide much more than the usual advice, ie, to eat a balanced diet and to exercise moderately. This is no fault of Coleman’s. The problem is her subject matter—a science in its infancy.

The contributors are all experts in rheumatologic illness, nutrition, or both, and they offer a lot of background information about each of the rheumatologic conditions and their impact on nutrition as well as about the impact of food and supplementation on the diseases. Although the chapter on nutrition assessment contains helpful descriptions of the currently available assessment tools, too much time is spent reviewing many . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Douglas Kalman, PhD, RD, Reviewer
dkalman@miamiresearch.com

Diane R. Krieger, MD, Reviewer
drkrieger@miamiresearch.com
Miami Research Associates
Miami, Florida

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