Diet
Vitamins C and E — pills taken by millions of Americans — do nothing to prevent heart disease in men, one of the largest and longest studies of these supplements has found.
Fish oil supplements may work slightly better than a popular cholesterol-reducing drug to help patients with chronic heart failure, according to new research released Sunday.
Chronic heart failure is a condition that occurs when the heart becomes enlarged and cannot pump blood efficiently around the body.
An injection of a high dose of vitamin C may be able to hold back the advance of cancers, US scientists claim.
The vitamin may start a destructive chain reaction within the cancer cell, they add.
If antioxidant supplement labels are to be believed, you should stop reading this article and gobble down some pills: Spurred by the rising sales of antioxidant supplements, Pom Wonderful, makers of pomegranate juice, now makes an antioxidant supplement that they claim has "extraordinary health benefits."
Vitamin D is becoming an increasingly important player in a healthful diet. Over the past 10 years, a spate of research has linked it to an impressive and diverse array of potential benefits.
There are thousands of antioxidants found in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts, legumes, meats, poultry, and fish. Even foods once not known for being especially healthful, such as chocolate, coffee, and red wine, are now recognized as potent delivery systems for beneficial antioxidants.
High levels of a natural substance in the blood called urate might slow the progression of Parkinson's, a study out today suggests.
Now, after doing a bit of research about the broadly marketed dietary supplement, which is known to increase the availability of nitric oxide (generally a good thing) and is alleged to treat heart disease, prevent cancer and improve erections, he is still skeptical.
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Taking high doses of vitamin E supplements can increase the risk of lung cancer, research suggests.
Given the role of vitamin D in maintaining healthy bones, the new findings are "unexpected" and "paradoxical," the researchers note in the American Journal of Epidemiology.
Dementia is three times more common in people whose blood is low in folates, a form of vitamin B particularly found in green vegetables, a study suggests.
Is there a dieter who hasn't, at some point in his or her life, wished for a magical pill that would end that battle of the bulge? Most of us have spent more than a few dollars on a supposedly simple solution to our weight-loss dilemma. The typical result: We've wasted our money and time -- and the scale hasn't budged.
Researchers found people aged over 65 who had lower levels of vitamin E performed worse on tests of basic physical ability.
What Maria, who asked that her last name not be used, did not know then, but now will never forget, is that the bright orange powder is nearly 90 percent lead.
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