Tag Archives: multivitamins
Vitamin studies spell confusion
The alphabet soup of vitamin studies making headlines in the last few weeks has left more than one head spinning, and most clinicians scrambling for answers. As the dust begins to settle, physicians seem to agree on one bit of … Continue reading
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Tagged dietary supplements, multivitamins, supplements, vitamins
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Some supplements associated with increased risk of death in older women
More than half of American adults take dietary supplements. Now a major new study finds that supplements either do no good or increase the risk of dying from cancer or heart disease.
Posted in Alternative Medicine, General Health, Nutritional Health, Woman's Health
Tagged calcium, dietary supplements, iron, multivitamins, selenium, supplements, vitamin A, vitamin D, vitamin E
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Should adults take a multivitamin every day?
The “Eat, Drink & Be Healthy” column for the Washington Post recently entered the debate on the value of dietary supplements, especially multivitamins.
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ConsumerLab.com puts multivitamins to the test
Long-time readers know of my fondness for and (unpaid) endorsement of ConsumerLab.com, one of the two best companies that test natural medications (herbs, vitamins, and supplements) for safety and quality. Now ConsumerLab has test results of 60 multivitamins and have shown … Continue reading
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Tagged consumerlab, multivitamins, vitamins
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Vitamin supplement dramatically lessens risk of miscarriage and birth defects
Taking a multivitamin before and during early pregnancy has just been shown to be associated with a dramatic 57% reduction in the risk for miscarriage. If you are a woman who is sexually active and not sterile or infertile, whether … Continue reading
Posted in Nutritional Health, Parenting, Woman's Health
Tagged birth defect, miscarriage, miscarriage prevention, multivitamins, prenatal vitamin, vitamins, vitamins in pregnancy
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Dr. Walt’s Most Popular Blog Entries – Quarter 1 – 2009
Here are the most popular blogs, based upon blogs that you’ve read, over the first three months of 2009. The most popular blog was “Is It a Cold or Sinus Infection? How to Tell the Difference” and the second most … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Medicine, Bioethics, Cancer, Children's Health, General Health, Heart Health, Marriage and Family Health, Medical Economics, Men's Health, Mental Health, Nutritional Health, Parenting, Woman's Health
Tagged adult stem cell, Bible, cold, colds, discipline, embryonic stem cell, embryonic stem cell research, embryonic stem cells, embryonic-like stem cells, embryos, faith, fasting, herb, herbs, hot flashes, menopausal symptoms, menopause, missed vaccination, multivitamins, natural medications, sinus infection, sinusitis, spanking, spirituality, stem cell research, supplements, vaccination, vaccinations, vaccine, vaccine myth, vitamins
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Are multivitamins helpful or harmful when it comes to preventing chronic diseases?
According to the LA Times, “a spate of high-profile studies published in the last few years shows that a variety of popular supplements — including calcium, selenium, and vitamins A, C and E — don’t do anything to reduce the … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Medicine, Cancer, Children's Health, General Health, Heart Health, Men's Health, Nutritional Health, Woman's Health
Tagged antioxidants, B vitamins, bone health, breast cancer, calcium, Cancer, colon polyps, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, heart attack, heart attack prevention, heart disease, heart disease prevention, multivitamins, prostate cancer, selenium, vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin D, vitamin E
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