Supplements in the News
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...
Vitamin K Deficiency Linked to Osteoporosis, Cancer, and Heart Disease
Using the triage theory for micronutrients, noted researcher Dr. Bruce Ames and his team have linked vitamin K deficiency to multiple degenerative ...
Prenatal DHA intake may lead to healthier children
DHA intake during pregnancy linked to more fat-free body mass at five years of age.
While researchers don't understand yet what the mechanism for ...
Higher Vitamin D levels may be linked to lower risk of cancer
High levels of vitamin D may be linked to a lower risk of developing cancer, including liver cancer, concludes a large study of Japanese adults pub...
Beyond diet, but before drugs
There is huge potential for nutraceutical products with proven efficacy and substantiated health benefits to be used as ‘powerful tools’ in preventing and reversing medical conditions. But, it is vital to have proper definitions and standardised regulations for use, say researchers who note consumers are often confused by the term ‘nutraceutical’.
Consumer Groups Still Concerned About Labelling
The vast growth of the dietary supplement industry around the world continues to show that tighter regulation around labelling may be necessary. Wh...
Using Nutrition to Target Disease
A new study proposes a novel approach to manipulate genes using a self-assembling platform that delivers nucleic acids to distinct subsets of cells. The new modular platform offers a robust biological approach -- and may hold the key to the future of personalized medicine.
Unidentified capsules found in children's multivitamin bottle
It's better to err on the side of caution, so have a look at the contents of your supplements before downing them. Recently, a bottle of Flintstone...
NutraIngredients.com examines polyphenol intake study
Higher intakes of dietary phenolic acids, abundant in the Mediterranean diet, are associated with blood pressure, according to a new study in Nutrients.
LED light may be more efficient than sunlight at producing vitamin D3 in skin.
Research published in Scientific Reports shows that light from RayVio's 293nm ultraviolet (UV) LED is more efficient than sunlight at producing vit...