Q: What foods are found to be good sources of vitamin K2?
Answer : Vitamin K comes in two main forms. K1, found in leafy green and cruciferous vegetables, makes up about 90% of our dietary vitamin K.
Q: Is there any advantage to supplementing daily protein by taking whey protein powder...
Answer : First, are you certain you really need more protein?
Q: I read in your newsletter (February) that the Institute of Medicine (IOM) used...
Answer : Bess Dawson-Hughes, MD, director of Tufts HNRCA Bone Metabolism Laboratory, replies...
Q: Our local co-op has started carrying coconut palm sugar, saying it contains many...
Answer : Alice H. Lichtenstein, DSc, director of Tufts HNRCA Cardiovascular Nutrition Laboratory, says...
Q: You recently advised not to take more vitamin A than is in a...
Answer : Elizabeth Johnson, PhD, a scientist in Tufts HNRCA Carotenoids and Health Laboratory, replies, Vitamin A in supplements may come from retinol...
Are Cyanide Levels in Flaxseed Safe?
Lynne M. Ausman, DSc, RD, director of the Biochemical and Molecular Nutrition Program at Tufts HNRCA Cardiovascular Nutrition Laboratory, says you have nothing to worry about.
Q: With the growing popularity of daily low-dose aspirin therapy, I wonder if there...
Answer : Despite several unreferenced articles linking aspirin to AMD, Allen Taylor, PhD, director of Tufts HNRCA Laboratory for Nutrition and Vision Research, says...
Q: Im confused by your article about the new American Heart Association statement on...
Answer : We checked with Neil J. Stone, MD, of the Feinberg School of Medicine...
Q: My husband, whos been on medication for early Alzheimers, went to the emergency...
Answer : You should never stop taking any medication without checking with your own physician. As for coconut oil, its touted as a source of caprylic acid, which the body breaks down...
Q: Does magnesium help the body absorb calcium from the diet?
Answer : Bess Dawson-Hughes, MD, director of Tufts HNRCA Bone Metabolism Laboratory, says, Im not aware of any evidence...