Vitamin
Say goodbye to winter blues with vitamin D-rich foods
(BPT) – Winter got you down? Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is estimated to affect 10 million Americans, according to Psychology Today. Another 10 percent to 20 percent may have mild SAD. Even if you don’t have diagnosed SAD, it’s not uncommon to have bouts of the winter blues. There are many reasons people experience a […]
Winter weather depriving city dwellers of vitamin D
Residents of snowy, northern U.S. cities are at risk of vitamin D deficiency and worse, may not even know it. During Buffalo’s winter months, nearly 50 percent of people have insufficient amounts of vitamin D and 25 percent may be considered deficient, says nutrition researcher Peter Horvath of the University at Buffalo School of Public […]
Low childhood vitamin D linked to adult atherosclerosis
Low levels of 25-OH vitamin D in childhood were associated with subclinical atherosclerosis over 25 years later in adulthood, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. The importance of vitamin D for cardiovascular health has been the focus of increasing interest. Low levels of vitamin D […]
Vitamins And Nutritional Supplements: Avoiding Fad Diet Shams
In this day and age you simply cannot pick up a magazine or turn on a television set without seeing an advertisement for some sort of new diet program or plan. With all of the claims being made in regard to the various diet regimens it can be very difficult to determine what diet plans […]
Derivative of vitamin B3 prevents liver cancer in mice
Liver cancer is one of the most frequent cancers in the world, and with the worst prognosis; according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), in 2012, 745,000 deaths were registered worldwide due to this cause, a figure only surpassed by lung cancer. The most aggressive and frequent form of liver cancer is hepato-cellular carcinoma (HCC); […]
Nutritional Supplements: Adding To Your Health?
Nutritional supplements refers to a wide range of products that are designed to enhance your health, improve athletic performance, or otherwise affect your physical or mental well being. These can include vitamins, sports supplements, weight loss products, teas, herbs, and anti-oxidants. Nutritional supplements can be found in almost all health food stores and many traditional […]
Vitamins For Health
The word ‘vitamin’ has its root in ‘vitamine’ that means vital amine. Vitamins are powerful organic compounds found mainly in the food that we eat. Vitamins are essential for all human beings because they help cells and tissues to perform basic functions. Basically, vitamins are required for the growth of the body. There are two […]
Vitamin A derivative potentially treats type 2 diabetes, prevents its cardiovascular complications
At a time when obesity, type 2 diabetes, and their complications are a veritable epidemic worldwide, researchers at the University of Montreal and CHUM Research Centre (CRCHUM) recently demonstrated the potential of retinoic acid (RA), a derivative of Vitamin A, in treating obesity and type 2 diabetes and preventing their cardiovascular complications. The findings were […]
Vitamin D hypothesis challenged: Some racial disparities in childbirth more environmental than genetic
A new study investigating racial disparities in birth outcomes shows that contrary to some theories Vitamin D is unlikely to play a role in differences in preterm birth and low birth weight between African-Americans and whites. “For years there has been this hypothesis that African-Americans have worse birth outcomes because they have more melanin in […]
Importance Of Vitamin B12 And Weight Loss
Weight loss can be a difficult thing to achieve for many people. The problem that most people have with weight loss is that they do not have the necessary knowledge, motivation, or skills to achieve it. They hear all this talk about miracle weight loss pills and drugs, and it skews their mind as to […]