All Entries Tagged With: "Vitamins"
Multivitamins Linked to Younger Biological Age
June 12, 2009Research discovered that cells from individuals who take a multivitamin have a younger biological age than cells from individuals who don’t take a multivitamin. Researchers looked at the length of telomeres, DNA sequences at the end of chromosomes that shorten as cells replicate and age.
Low Vitamin D Levels Linked to Impaired Thinking
June 01, 2009New research suggests that low vitamin D levels in the body are associated with thinking or cognitive impairments. In the study participants with low levels of vitamin D scored worse on a standard test of cognitive ability than did their peers with normal levels. But what is vitamin D and how can we […]
Vitamin B Reduces Risk of Vision Loss by 33 Percent!
February 23, 2009A new study conducted by the National Institutes of Health found taking B vitamins can prevent age-related macular degeneration, which is the leading cause of blindness in people 65 and older, with nearly 2 million Americans affected.
About 1 in 9 US Kids Use Alternative Medicine
December 10, 2008Just like their parents, kids are taking supplements from fish oil to ginseng, a sign of just how mainstream alternative medicine has become. More than one in nine children and teens try those remedies and other nontraditional options. Their parents’ practices played a big role. Kids were five times more likely to use alternative [...]
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