Vitamins and Supplements

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• Is Workout Supplement Ingredient DMAA Safe?

  

  Posted 10:27 PM 5/7/2012

  May 7, 2012 -- About one week after the FDA asked 10 manufacturers to provide safety information on DMAA, a speed-like ingredient found in some supplements, a Harvard researcher is calling for an out-and-out ban on DMAA.

  DMAA, short for dimethylamylamine, is popular among people looking to build their muscles or lose weight. It is an ingredient in about 200 brand-name (More)
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• Vitamin E Fails to Prevent Heart Failure

  

  Posted 8:04 PM 3/20/2012

  March 20, 2012 -- Taking vitamin E supplements may not help when it comes to preventing heart failure among women.

  A new study shows that vitamin E supplements had (More)
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• Low Levels of Vitamin D May Be Linked to Depression

  

  Posted 7:25 PM 1/10/2012

  Jan. 10, 2012 -- Feeling blue? It may be time to check your vitamin D levels.

  New research suggests that low levels of vitamin D and depression may go hand in hand.

  The new study included about 12,600 people aged 20 to 90. Researchers measured the vitamin D in their blood and assessed symptoms of depression.

  People with the lowest (More)
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• Some Fish Oil Supplements Fishy on Quality

  

  Posted 6:48 PM 12/7/2011

  Dec. 7, 2011 -- Some popular fish oil supplements may be a little fishy when it comes to quality.

  A new test of 15 top-selling fish oil supplements by Consumer Reports shows five fell a bit short on quality.

  The good news is all 15 of the fish oil supplements evaluated by an independent lab contained their labeled amount of EPA (More)
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• 5 Risky Herbal Supplements: St. John's Wort, Kava, Comfrey, Chaparral, and Pennyroyal

  

  Posted 6:29 PM 10/25/2011

  "All natural" -- it's on the labels of a growing number of foods, cosmetics, cleaning products, and over-the-counter remedies. This is, in part, what makes herbal medicine so popular. But does natural always mean safe?

  Herbal medicine is the use of plants as medicine. Typically taken by mouth or applied to the skin, medicinal herbs can come in several forms, such as ointments, oils, capsules, tablets, and teas.

  Though many people may use them as (More)
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• Iron: What You Need to Know

  

  Posted 4:33 PM 8/24/2011

  Have you felt exhausted lately? Can you barely make it up the stairs without getting winded even though you're physically fit? If so, you might be lacking in iron -- especially if you're a woman.

  Although many people don't think of iron as being a nutrient, you might be surprised to learn that low iron is the most common nutritional deficiency in the U.S. Almost 10% of women are iron deficient, according to figures from the Centers for Disease Control and (More)
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• Your Guide to Prenatal Vitamins

  

  Posted 6:30 PM 5/20/2011

  When you're expecting, you want to do everything possible to give your baby the healthiest head start. You read all the What to Expect books, watch your diet, and carefully follow the advice your doctor gives you at every prenatal care visit. Part of that advice might be to take prenatal vitamins, but do you know why your doctor is recommending these vitamins, or what they can do to help your growing baby?

  Here's a quick primer on prenatal vitamins (More)
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• Seaweed Fiber in Liquid Meals May Cut Hunger

  

  Posted 5:57 PM 4/21/2011

  April 21, 2011 -- Adding a dietary fiber derived from seaweed to a meal-replacement drink may reduce feelings of hunger by 30%, a team of industry researchers reports.

  Researchers from Unilever's Research and (More)
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• Use of Dietary Supplements on the Rise

  

  Posted 11:13 PM 4/13/2011

  April 13, 2011 -- More than one-half of U.S adults take dietary supplements, according to the CDC.

  The new report, which appears in the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics' Data Brief, looked at dietary supplement use among adults from 2003 to 2006, and compared it to use in 1988 to 1994.

  "Dietary supplement use has increased in adults over age 20 since 1994, and we have over one-half of Americans taking one or more (More)
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• Protein Powder: What You Should Know

  

  Posted 3:36 PM 3/31/2011

  If you go to a gym, you've probably heard the guys by the weight machines talking about the protein shakes they drink after a workout and what kind of shake they prefer. Protein powders -- made into a shake or consumed however you like -- are getting more and more popular as a nutritional supplement.

  You can buy protein powders in every nutrition store and all over the Internet. You can even find pre-mixed, ready-to-drink protein shakes in many stores. But (More)
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