Supplements in the News
Over 100 Scientists, Doctors, & Leading Authorities Call For Increased Vitamin D Use To Combat COVID-19
Scientific evidence indicates vitamin D reduces infections & deaths
An open letter from doctors and scientists around the world is calling for ...
Carrots are healthy, but active enzyme unlocks full benefits
University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences. "Carrots are healthy, but active enzyme unlocks full benefits....
Are antivitamins the new antibiotics?
Researchers develop drug approach against bacterial infections
Original article:University of Göttingen. "Are antivitamins the new antibiotics? Re...
Ultra-Processed Foods and Cancer
The Townsend Letter's Curmudgeon Corner recently looked at processed foods and their link to cancer
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A good vitamin D status can protect against cancer
via Science Daily
A good vitamin D status is beneficial both in cancer prevention and in the prognosis of several cancers, according to a new rese...
Vitamin Supplementation Benefits are Real
Perhaps the only advantage of getting old is being able to look back and see what worked and what didn't. Knowledge of severe vitamin deficiency diseases is an example of learning the hard way. The association of vitamin B1 (thiamine) with beriberi was perhaps the first example of the consequences of refining a food. Milling away the unattractive outer husk of the rice that contained the thiamine caused the disease. No drug could substitute for that missing, essential, "vital amine." That's how "vitamins" first got their name.
The Effect of Vitamin D on Cancer Incidence and Survival
The Effect of Vitamin D on Cancer Incidence and Survival
The results of a phase 2 randomized controlled trial (RCT) of high- vs. low-dose vitamin D3 supplementation for 139 patients with advanced colorectal cancer taking chemotherapy was recently reported in JAMA
The Importance of Fat-Soluble Vitamins
by Dr. Nikola Djordjevic
MedAlertHelp.org August 9, 2018
Staying fit is one of the most important things that one should do in order to lead a heal...
Vitamin D Reduces Cancer Risk
Why Scientists Accept It but Physicians Do Not
by William B. Grant, PhD Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, Feb 6, 2019
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Sunshine vitamin's acceptance delayed by Big Pharma
A "Disinformation Playbook" has been used for decades by corporations to delay government action on matters of public interest that would adversely affect their income and profit. Some well-known examples include the big tobacco companies, the coal and oil industries, the sugar industry, and the National Football League. The Union of Concerned Scientists has outlined five "pillars" of the Playbook
Dietary Supplements Under Attack Again
Commentary by Bill Sardivia Orthomolecular Medicine News Service
(OMNS Aug 31 2018) Here we go again. Another physician says there "no case for vi...
Vitamin C Questions: Answered
Commentary by Helen Saul Case
(Orthomolecular Medicine News Service Assistant Editor Helen Saul Case is the author of The Vitamin Cure for Wome...