50% of Parents Regularly Give Kids Dietary Supplements
3 in 5 parents say it’s hard to get their child to eat a well-balanced diet because of picky eating, not eating enough fruits and…
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Vitamin C Supplements Could Help Reduce Toxic Side Effects of Common Cancer Treatment
In rats, vitamin C supplementation helps preserve skeletal muscle after doxorubicin therapy. A study conducted in rats suggests that taking vitamin C may help to…
Mineral Dietary Supplement Could Stop Fatty Liver Disease Progression
Mice fed high-fat diet and supplement rich in calcium, magnesium didn’t develop liver cancer. A preclinical study adds to the growing body of evidence suggesting…
Cocoa Flavanol Supplement Shows Promise for Reducing Risk of Cardiovascular Disease
Large-scale randomized trial found signs of preventive cardiovascular effects for cocoa flavanols, including a 27 percent reduction in the secondary endpoint of cardiovascular death There…
Vitamin D Supplements Decrease Risk of Autoimmune Diseases
Vitamin D supplementation over five years reduced autoimmune disease rate by 22 percent compared to placebo. Autoimmune diseases (AD) such as rheumatoid arthritis, polymyalgia rheumatica,…
Vitamin D and Fish Oil Supplements May Reduce Risk of Autoimmune Disease – Rheumatoid Arthritis, Psoriasis, and Thyroid
With a more pronounced effect after two years of supplementation. Taking daily vitamin D supplements — or a combination of vitamin D and omega-3 fish…
Research Shows Supplement Boosts Muscle and Mitochondria Health
A study cohort that received an oral supplement of a gut-produced compound had better endurance in two small exercises. An oral supplement intended to stimulate…
Vitamin D Supplements Do Not Improve Symptoms in People With Psychosis
New research involving 149 participants found no evidence that vitamin D supplementation taken over six months improves mental or physical health symptoms in people with…
Do Omega-3 Fish Oil Supplements Help Prevent Depression? Here’s What the Latest Clinical Trial Results Say
New research findings help clarify mixed results from previous studies. Results from the largest clinical trial of its kind do not support the use of…
Unorthodox “Exercise in a Pill” Could Offer Simple Solution to Those Incapable of Physical Activity
Researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) have identified unique molecular signals in the body that could hold the key to developing a supplement capable…
Many Nutritional Supplements Fail To Deliver What They Promise – “Catastrophic Quality Deficiencies”
Pharmacist Andreas Hensel and his team identify quality deficiencies in food supplements. Food supplements are available in a lot of places – in drugstores, health…
Zinc Supplements May Help To Stave Off Respiratory Infections Such As Colds, Flu, and COVID-19
But quality of evidence variable, and no clarity on optimal formulation or dose. A zinc supplement might help stave off the symptoms of respiratory tract…
Highly Processed Foods Harm Memory in the Aging Brain – But Omega-3 Supplements May Help
Study in animals suggests omega-3 supplement may reduce effects. Four weeks on a diet of highly processed food led to a strong inflammatory response in…
Vitamin D Supplements Not an Effective Treatment for Painful IBS Symptoms
Vitamin D supplements are not an effective treatment for easing painful symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), a new study from the University of Sheffield…
Ketone Supplements May Protect and Improve Brain Health in People With Obesity
New research published in The Journal of Physiology has shown that ketone supplements may be a novel therapeutic strategy for protecting and improving brain health in…
Vitamin E, CoQ10 and GSH Supplements Reverse Heart Damage Caused by Cancer in Scientific Study
Study Links Free Radicals to Heart Damage Caused by Cancer In fruit flies, antioxidants reverse tumor-related cardiac dysfunction. A new study in animal models shows…
Do Vitamin D Supplements Improve Muscle Health?
Vitamin D supplementation does not have beneficial effects on muscle function, strength, or mass, according to an analysis of all available data from relevant randomized…
Natural Compound Found in Fruit May Prevent and Treat Parkinson’s Disease
Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they have added to evidence that the compound farnesol, found naturally in herbs, and berries and other fruits, prevents and…
