Featured Topics: Vitamins
Study Finds Vitamin K Benefits Go Beyond Blood Health
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. Vitamin K is found in cabbage, cauliflower, green leafy vegetables, cereals, soybeans, and with highest amounts in alfalfa (as much as 300 micrograms per 100 grams of alfalfa (1)). It is a fat-soluble vitamin (meaning the body can...
Study Finds Supplements Best Way to Get Vitamin D
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. Vitamin D deficiency carries long-term health risks (1) and is still very common in children (2). The current vitamin D recommendations by the National Institutes of Health are 200 IU for people up to 50 years of age, 400 IU for...
Vitamin D Deficiency Found to Be Significantly Harmful to Your Health
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. In a new study, researchers analyzed data on over 3,400 patients aged 65 and older who participated in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1). The survey took place from October 1988 to October 1994, and was...
Vitamin D Levels Found to Be Low in Critically Ill Patients
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. A recent study (1) has found that vitamin D may now play a role in critically ill patients. Intensive Care Unit (ICU) costs range between $3,000and $11,000 per day (2). In the study, researchers looked at vitamin D blood levels in 42...
Vitamin B6 Found to Help Colorectal Health
Written by Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS. Those with the highest B6 blood levels had a 51% reduced colorectal cancer risk, compared to those with the lowest B6 levels. Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of death from cancer (behind lung cancer) in the United...
What a Daily Multivitamin does for your DNA – Informed Opinion
Written by Patrick Massey, M.D., Ph.D. There is increasing evidence that a good multivitamin may have a significant affect on health and longevity. Does taking a daily multivitamin result in better health and longevity? About two years ago, one of my articles...
Vitamin Supplementation Reduced the Risk of Cancer Death in Ten-Year Follow-Up Study of Younger Chinese Populations
Written by Susan Sweeny Johnson, PhD. Participants that consumed selenium, alpha-tocopherol, and beta carotene showed a 5% reduction in total mortality and an 11% reduction in gastric cancer mortality. Linxian, China is known for its unusually high incidence of...
Vitamin D Not Just for Healthy Bones
By Amy Kosowski, M.S., LDN. Research has discovered how vitamin's D role extends beyond the skeletal system including possibly helping the immune system. Vitamin D doses up to 40,000-50,000 IU/day did not produce toxicity. Years ago, Vitamin D was known primarily...
Vitamin C Lessens the Risk of Gout
Written by Marcia J. Egles, MD. In research with 46, 994 men who did not have gout their vitamin C intake was measured by a food frequency questionnaire. Those with the highest intake of vitamin C had a 45% lower risk of getting gout. According to a recent study,...
B-Vitamins and the Prevention of Macular Degeneration
Written by Marcia J.Egles MD. Women treated with B-vitamins had a 34% lower risk of macular degeneration. Smoking doubled this risk. The leading cause of severe, permanent loss of vision in older Americans is age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The macula is the...
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