Extra Vitamin D No Help in Preventing Seniors’ Falls
If it's important to get enough vitamin D, is getting more even better? Probably not, experts are now cautioning. Hopes that extra doses of the "sunshine vitamin" might benefit a wide range of health conditions have been eclipsed by recent research.
Q. Do raw and cooked spinach provide the same nutritional benefits?
Q. Do raw and cooked spinach provide the same nutritional benefits?
Q. Is it possible to get an overdose of vitamin A from eating carrots?
Q. Is it possible to get an overdose of vitamin A from eating carrots?
Q. If you sit in front of a window with sunlight coming through, will...
Q. If you sit in front of a window with sunlight coming through, will your body produce vitamin D or do you have to be outdoors with direct sunlight?
Q. Its been recommended that I take vitamins for my eyes to help prevent...
Q. Its been recommended that I take vitamins for my eyes to help prevent age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Are all supplements labeled "AREDS2 formula" the same? Can you offer any guidance on selecting the best supplement?
Which Color of Bell Pepper Has Most Nutrients?
No matter the color of your pepper, the macronutrient (protein, fat, carbohydrate) and fiber content wont differ much. Red, yellow and orange bell peppers are simply the ripe forms of different green peppers, which is why they tend to cost more.
Less-Regulated Supplements Send 23,000 to ER Annually
Products sold as "dietary supplements" lead to about 23,000 emergency-room visits and more than 2,100 hospital admissions every year, a new government report estimates.
Studies Challenge Bone Benefits of Extra Calcium
Older adults whove been loading up on calcium - either in their diets or in supplement form - to protect their bones recently got a shock on the nightly news: Extra calcium, according to two new headline-making reviews published in BMJ, was not associated with meaningful benefits for improving bone density or reducing fracture risk.
Fish-Oil Supplements Fail to Prevent Mental Decline
As a regular reader of this newsletter, you know to pay attention when a five-year clinical trial with more than 3,000 participants reports no benefits from omega-3 supplements against cognitive decline. Such a study - one of the largest and longest of its kind - would seem to slam the door on hopes for brain benefits of fish-oil pills. But before you go searching for the receipt on the last batch of omega-3 supplements you bought, Tufts experts have a couple of caveats.
Q. Is it possible to get too much potassium? Are there some drugs that...
Q. Is it possible to get too much potassium? Are there some drugs that cause you to retain potassium?