The course textbook is now Jenny
Jamison’s Clinical Guide to Nutrition and
Dietary Supplements in Disease Management.
This text is very comprehensive and
yet succinct. “Part 1: Principles of Nutritional Medicine” should be read in
conjunction with the “Basic Principles” and “What is a Good Diet?” sections of
the course introduction. “Part 3” is a particularly good guide to individual
nutrients, herbs and other supplements.
·
The ACNEM Journal
This journal, which is sent to
members of the College, aims to provide scientific reviews and nutritional
updates, as well as an overview of relevant political and educational
developments. There is much more information
on the ACNEM web site: www.acnem.org
·
The Journal of Nutritional and
Environmental Medicine, edited by Damien Downing and Steven Davies.
This journal
intends to be the flagship scientific publication representing nutritional and
environmental medicine in the UK, Australia and the USA. It often contains
excellent reviews and overviews of relevant topics, as well as original, peer
reviewed research papers. For example, recent articles in the March 2004 issue
included: “Nutritional predictors and modulators of insulin resistance”,
“Coenzyme Q10 and the adverse affects of statins” and a clinical review of a
“thick file patient.” It is published quarterly and for more information one
should visit the URL: www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/13590847.asp.
·
Clinical
Pearls
This database
has been providing a nutritional abstract service since 1989. Its cumulative
database contains over 29,000 summarized articles and over 470 interviews with
experts. There are also cases and disease summaries. Subscribers receive a
CD-ROM containing the 1989-2004 database, plus a 12 month subscription to
receive monthly updates through the web and a monthly printed summary of
“one-liners.” This can be accessed at: www.prescription2000.com.
·
HyperHealth
Pro
This is an up to date database on
CD-ROM that was developed locally. It is encyclopaedic in its breadth and depth
and covers information on individual foods, vitamins, minerals, herbs and other
nutrients and is also searchable in terms of symptoms and conditions,
biochemical pathways, interactions and much more. Available through ACNEM.
·
Journal
of Complementary Medicine
Meticulously produced Australian
journal with excellent reviews and news covering all aspects of complementary
medicine. It is accessible at www.jnlcompmed.com.au.
·
The
Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients
This newsletter
has been around for a long time but consistently delivers excellent information
on all aspects of complementary medicine. URL: www.townsendletter.com
·
Dr.
Jonathon Wright’s Newsletter
This newsletter
is brief and to the point, full of practical, clinical tips and the distilled wisdom
of many years clinical practice. See www.wrightnewsletter.com
·
There are of course innumerable
sources of information on the web. My first ports of call after PubMed are:
The American Journal of Clinical
Nutrition at: www.ajcn.org.
This journal has come along way in
recent years. There was a time when one would search this journal in vain for
much of relevance to clinical practice. Mainstream nutritional science however,
has progressed considerably and now AJCN it is a veritable cornucopia of
interest and relevance. It is fully searchable and most articles are available
in full text.
Dr.
Mercola at www.mercola.com
This is a terrific site for the
nutritionally orientated physician who wants the sensible low-down on a topic
without hype or obfuscation. He now even has his own brand of contaminant free
tinned salmon (unfortunately not yet available in Australia)!
