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Report: Skip the Megadose of Vitamin D

(Nov. 30) -- Dietary guidelines being released today call for a slight increase in the amount of vitamin D people need every day for good health but warn against megadoses of the "sunshine vitamin," saying there's no proof they prevent cancer and that they could in fact be harmful. "More is not necessarily better," Dr....

Do You Trust Your Herbal Supplement? New Study Says Think Twice

(Oct. 14) -- Americans spend more than $34 billion on natural supplements each year, but the industry's soaring success continues to be marred by troubling studies on what's actually lurking inside the powders, tablets and elixirs. A newly released analysis of 81 weight-loss supplements, published in the British Journal...

Study Asserts a Dark Side to Calcium Supplements

(July 30) -- Calcium supplements, an oft-touted aid in the fight against bone loss and osteoporosis, might actually do more harm than good. That's the suggestion of a growing body of research, that applies only to supplements. The calcium derived from food products, like dairy, tofu and fortified cereals, carries myriad...

Debate: Tougher Safety Rules Needed for Dietary Supplements

(June 9) -- It's been said that as much as half of the general population uses some type of "sports" supplement, and that among college athletes in the U.S. the number climbs to more than two-thirds (some studies report as high as 88 percent). With the plethora of products heavily marketed and readily available, from...

Debate: Still More Dietary Supplement Regulations Aren't Needed

(June 9) -- More than 100,000 people die every year from prescription drugs. But rather than focus on tightening the safety assessment around dangerous drugs, some lawmakers in the House and Senate are pushing legislation -- the Senate version is the Dietary Supplement Safety Act (S. 3002) -- that is designed to regulate...

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Vitamins and Minerals: Nourishing the Ocean Within (Part 1)

"take your vitamins" -- but doctors are less urgent.

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Do Vitamins And Supplements Actually Work?

Vitamins and dietary supplements are big -- more than 110 million Americans forked over a collective $28 billion in 2010 on little bottles of would-be health magic.

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Suncream Ingredient 'Zinc Oxide' Linked To Skin Cancer

Taking daily vitamin A supplements could protect against deadly melanoma skin cancer, scientists claim.

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Could Vitamin E Help Fight Cancer?

The verdict has not been totally clear on vitamin E's role in cancer prevention -- some research has suggested the vitamin might help to protect against cancer, while others have shown it either not having an effect on cancer risk or even increasing cancer risk.

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7 Foods With More Vitamin C Than An

One small papaya (about 157 grams) has 95.6 milligrams of vitamin C. A cup of mashed papaya has a whopping 140 milligrams.

Dietary supplements News From the Web

05/29/12 Health Tip: Eat Right to Help Protect Your Vision Source: Everyday Health What you eat plays an important role in healthy vision, and may help prevent eye conditions such as macular degeneration, cataracts and glaucoma, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics says.
05/29/12 The latest battle in the supplement wars: FDA v. DMAA Source: Food Politics Welcome to the largely unregulated universe of dietary supplement marketing, in this case of DMAA, a.k.a. 1,3-dimethylamylamine, methylhexanamine, or geranium extract (from which it is supposedly isolated).
05/29/12 Prevention Ambassador Award Recipient Announced By... Source: PRWeb NORTHRIDGE, CALIF (PRWEB) May 29, 2012 Pharmavite LLC, the maker of Nature Made® vitamins and dietary supplements, in partnership with the Physician Assistant Foundation (PA Foundation), is pleased to announce the winner of the Prevention Ambassador Award in nutrition intervention, recognizing physician assistants who have demonstrated an outstanding commitment to overall good health and disease prevention.
05/29/12 Over-the-counter pills `can halve heart disease risk` Source: Zee News Researchers have found that a combination of two over-the-counter drugs could help fight heart disease and reduce deaths by half.
05/29/12 True-Dose Pets Offers A Dog Wellness Special During... Source: PRWeb St. Louis, MO (PRWEB) May 29, 2012 It's becoming more and more common to hear about cancer in pets and we are learning they are just as susceptible to this disease as humans.

Background on Dietary supplements

A dietary supplement, also known as food supplement or nutritional supplement, is a preparation intended to supplement the diet and provide nutrients, such as vitamins, minerals, fiber, fatty acids, or amino acids, that may be missing or may not be consumed in sufficient quantities in a person's diet.

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