 Veganism is a diet and lifestyle that excludes using animals for food, clothing, or any other purpose.
Dr. Winston Craig from Andrews University, in Berrien Springs, Michigan reviews both, and makes recommendations. Continue reading Benefits and risks of vegan diets
 Acute mountain sickness may be caused by oxidative damage that results in leaking cerebrovascular fluid.
Oral antioxidants, didn’t make a difference in this study by researchers in the UK. Continue reading Antioxidants don’t prevent acute mountain sickness
 Several studies show that higher vitamin C intake reduces uric acid blood levels.
Researchers from British Columbia and Boston studied the link between vitamin C and the risk of actually getting gout. Continue reading Might vitamin C prevent gout?
 Dr. Eric Klein (photo) from the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, in Ohio has published a review.
Here’s a historical perspective. Continue reading Review: Selenium, Vitamin E, and prostate cancer
Circumstantial evidence implicates the wintertime deficiency of vitamin D from too little sunlight, with an increase in colds and flu.
Researchers from Denver, Colorado and Boston, Massachusetts looked for an association. Continue reading Vitamin D and respiratory infection risk
File this under the category, “how little we really know.”
Results from a study by researchers at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland do “not support the hypothesis that vitamin D is associated with decreased risk of prostate cancer; indeed, higher circulating 25(OH)D [vitamin D] concentrations may be associated with increased risk of aggressive disease.” Continue reading Vitamin D does not protect from prostate cancer
 Multivitamins have little or no influence on the risk of common cancers, cardiovascular disease, or total mortality in postmenopausal women, according to the Women’s Health Initiative study. Continue reading Multivitamins: Little value in postmenopausal women
Riboflavin (vitamin B-2) was originally recognized as a growth factor in 1879 and named vitamin B-2 according to the British nomenclature system.
Here’s what we know today. Continue reading Background on vitamin B-2
Vitamin D treatment during infancy might protect from the development of type 1 diabetes, according to this review of the medical literature by researchers from the Central Manchester and Manchester Children’s University Hospitals in the UK. Continue reading Does vitamin D reduce the risk of diabetes in infants?
 Since fortification of flour with folic acid started 10 years ago in the US, efforts have been taken to fortifying flour with vitamin B-12.
So, how prevalent is B-12 deficiency? Continue reading Prevalence of vitamin B-12 deficiency
 In the absence of a vitamin B12 deficiency, does it make sense to use it to treat fatigue?
Writing in Medscape, Dr. Julie Sease from the South Carolina College of Pharmacy in Columbia reviewed the evidence. Continue reading Vitamin B12 for the treatment of fatigue
 January is turning out to be a bad month for vitamins and their purported anticancer effects.
Researchers from Harvard Medical School in Boston add to the negative results. Continue reading More bad new for vitamins to prevent cancer
 The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) reports 2 studies where vitamin E was not effective in preventing prostate cancer. Continue reading Bad news for vitamin E and cancer prevention
Areas of interest for the nutraceutical industry and consumers include digestive health, omega-3, superfruits, and weight management, according to this article in Nutraingredients.com | Europe. Continue reading CAM trends to watch in 2009
Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania reviewed the evidence for chiropractic… and more. Continue reading Chiropractic management of fibromyalgia
That’s the latest recommendation from the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD).
But what about natural sources like sunlight or indoor tanning devices? Continue reading Better to get vitamin D from food and supplements
Researchers from Université de Lille 2 and Université de La Réunion in France have written a detailed and extensively referenced review of the current state of vitamin C supplementation.
Here are the highlights of their case for increasing the recommended daily allowance (RDA) of vitamin C supplementation to 1 gram, accompanied by a diet rich in fruits and vegetables. Continue reading In support of a higher RDA for vitamin C
Dr. Jamaluddin Moloo is Chief of the Department of Medicine at Palmetto Health Richland Memorial Hospital in Columbia, South Carolina. He has reviewed the evidence and finds it lacking.
Here are the highlights for beta-carotene, vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin E, and selenium supplementation. Continue reading Does it make sense to take dietary supplements?
The Harvard Women’s Health Watch has published recommendations to lower the risk of fractures due to osteoporosis.
I supplemented their recommendations with references. Continue reading Recommendations from Harvard for bone health