Mount Sinai School of Medicine Complete Book of Nutrition

by Victor Herbert

Covers food content, nutrition from infancy to old age, nutrition's role in common diseases, and the daily diet

796 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1990

About the author

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Victor Herbert MD, JD, MACP (1927– 2002) was an American hematologist who did ground-breaking work on folate and how its deficiency led to megaloblastic anemia and was a proponent of accurate and responsible nutrition information. He was Professor of Medicine and Chair, Committee to Strengthen Nutrition, Mount Sinai-New York University Health System, NYC.

A native of New York, Dr. Herbert received his B.S. in chemistry (1948), M.D.(1952) and J.D.(1974) all at Columbia Univ. On the full-time medical school faculties of Einstein, Mount Sinai, Harvard, Columbia, SUNY-Brooklyn (formerly SUNY-Downstate), and Hahnemann, before returning in 1985 to Mount Sinai.

See also:
Victor Herbert, composer and cellist

Reviews

[Monica Willyard Moen]

Though the information in this book is dated in a few areas, it still provides an excellent overview of good nutrition for people who are healthy as well as for those of us with medical challenges including diabetes, heart disease, pregnancy, or cancer.