The Top Five Vitamins You Should Not Take
Worse still, these co-occurring conditions often go ignored (More) Posted 2:00 PM 10/30/2013 by By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Oct. 30 (HealthDay News) — A new diabetes drug may one day perform double duty for patients, controlling both their blood sugar levels and helping them lose weight, researchers report. In mouse trials, doctors found the drug prompted weight loss, in addition to managing blood (More) Obese Teens Eat Up Fast-Food Hype, Study Says Posted 2:00 PM 10/29/2013 by Robert Preidt TUESDAY, Oct. 29 (HealthDay News) — Obese teens and young adults may be more receptive to TV fast food ads than those who aren’t obese, a new study says. “Given the concerning rates of obesity in U.S.
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Tainted vitamins: How to keep your family safe
But taking B6 supplements for a long time can be harmful, as NIHs website explains*: People almost never get too much vitamin B6 from food. But taking high levels of vitamin B6 from supplements for a year or longer can cause severe nerve damage, leading people to lose control of their bodily movements. 5.Multi-vitamins. This is the big one. With nearly 40% of Americans taking a multi-vitamin, they must be good for you, right?
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There have been several important studies showing the harmful effects of vitamins. Dr. Paul Offit says everyone should be more skeptical about taking large doses of vitamins. As Offit wrote in an op-ed the New York Times , a 1994 New England Journal of Medicine study on 29,000 Finnish smokers found beta carotene was associated with lung and heart disease death.
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Vitamins: Too much of a not-so-good thing?
Howard Chasser owns a health food store in New York and says that you need to be careful. There are some bad players out there like any other industry, Chasser said. Chasser offers you three safety tips: First, choose a well-known brand. There are brands that contract the manufacturing process out, but many companies that do this have significantly less control over the quality of their products. Also, do your research.
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