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Guidelines regarding the recommendation and sale of dietary supplements
Dietary supplement sales have increased in the US over the past decade. This trend has influenced the practice of dietetics in that dietetics professionals are increasingly called upon to provide recommendations to patients regarding the issue of specific supplements.
Journal Article
Good copper, bad copper. (Readers Ask Us)
Copper is vital for a strong immune system. Look for a multivitamin that includes a form of copper other than cupric oxide.
Magazine Article
Get what you pay for
There are currently three testing programs that are putting dietary supplements under the microscope. These programs are a huge step in consumer protection.
Magazine Article
Keep arteries squeaky clean
An old-fashioned remedy may help fight one of the newest identified risk factors for stroke and heart attacks. Researchers found that those taking garlic supplement for 1 year had a 12 percent reduction in levels of homocysteine, a chemical that irritates blood vessel linings, leading to plaque build up.
Magazine Article
Bomb shelter in a pill: FAQs. (Supplement News)
Who should have Kl on hand? Nearly everyone, says Harvey Kushner, PhD, a government consultant on terrorism and professor at Long Island University in Brookville, NY. According to the FDA, infants, children, and pregnant and nursing women are at greatest risk from radioactive iodine and should be first in line for Kl in a nuclear emergency, followed by others under age 40.
Magazine Article
Keep anti-nuke pills ready
On of the most worrisome consequences of a nuclear explosion or nuclear plant leak is a release if radioactive iodine, which can cause thyroid cancer. Potassium iodide, or KI, can lower the risk of thyroid cancer in case of such a leak.
Magazine Article
Vitamins for picky eaters
Fragakis presents several food supplements to plug nutritional holes for picky eaters. These include Flintstones Complete, Centrum Kids Complete, and Sundown Kids Complete.
Magazine Article
Relief for ringing ears?
More than 50 million people in the US walk around each day with an old refrigerator humming in their ears or at least that's what it sounds like those with tinnitus. Tinnitus is ringing or chirping sounds in the ears that can be so loud and relentless that it drives sufferers to consider suicide.
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Heart protection after menopause
New studies have largely dismissed any heart protection benefits of hormone therapy for postmenopausal women, leaving many to wonder where to turn. It was found that the grapeseed extract (GSE) may help reduce the kind of high blood pressure that worsens when one eats too much salt. Some studies suggest that GSE may also activate a gene that stops oxidation of LDL cholesterol, the first step to atherosclerosis.
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