Vitamins & Supplements

Do You Need More Vitamin B12?

If youre 50 or older, Uncle Sam says yes. Heres why and how best to get it. When the latest federal Dietary Guidelines for Americans were released earlier this year with the recommendation that people age 50 and older should get extra vitamin B12 through fortified foods or supplements, one expert commented, Its not very difficult to anticipate the sudden spate of fortified with vitamin B12 as recommended in the 2010 Dietary Guidelines messaging that will populate the fronts of boxes and bags. Before the hype hits the grocery stores

How Much Omega-3s Does Your Heart Need?

You already know that the omega-3 fats found in fish (DHA and EPA) are good for your heart-but how much do you need to see a benefit? A new review of eight previous studies says a daily intake of 250 mg of omega-3s seems to be the threshold

No Link Between Folic Acid Supplements and Colorectal Cancer

A new American Cancer Society study concludes that theres no evidence folic acid from fortified foods or supplements increases the risk of colorectal cancer. Earlier research, including a 2007 Tufts study

Calcium Supplements Again Linked to Kidney Stones

In more evidence that you can indeed get too much of a good thing-especially in pill form, rather than from food

Extra Omega-3s Shown to Improve Insulin Resistance

The omega-3 fatty acids found in fish oil, known to benefit heart health, may also be effective in reducing diabetes risk

Build Your Muscles to Boost Insulin Response

Increasing lean muscle mass-already known to be important to fight frailty with aging (a condition called sarcopenia)-may also help protect against diabetes

Are Probiotics Right for You?

Weighing the evidence on how good for you these good bacteria really are. Though probiotics have only recently passed the 8 million mark in Google hits, these good bacteria

Saw Palmetto Ineffective for Enlarged Prostate

Saw palmetto has flunked again in a trial of claims that it can reduce symptoms of benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH)-even at levels three times

Studies Warn of Possible Dangers from Taking Supplements

Should you flush all your vitamin pills? Thats what a pair of new studies left some supplement users wondering

Broccoli Benefits Best Obtained from Veggies, Not Pills

Eat your broccoli-because you cant get the same health benefits from pills