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Calcium, vitamin D pills don't prevent fractures, panel says
More than half of American women over the age of 60 take vitamin D and calcium supplements, but the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force said this week that they’re probably wasting their money. In a new recommendations from the federal government&...
Tags: Calcium, Mineral Supplements, New York University, Post Menopause, Health
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Supplements we take mostly not ordered by doctors, study says
There is oh, so much publicity about fish oil pills, calcium and vitamin D – let alone the many more unusual dietary supplements. Are Americans persuaded? About half of U.S. adults use dietary supplements, and less than a quarter of the people who...
Tags: Mineral Supplements, Calcium, Research, Healthy Diet, American Medical Association
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Natural foods: Eating up the trends
Remember chia pets? Rinsing your hair with beer? Food that's just food — no soy protein isolate, xanthan gum, red dye No. 40 or mystery ingredients from the Amazon rain forest?
Well, chia is back, big time (the seeds, not the chia pets). And so is...Tags: Mineral Supplements, Organic Foods, Mushrooms, Dining and Drinking, Sales
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The Healthy Skeptic: Is caffeine an effective weight-loss aid?
If losing weight was one of your New Year's resolutions, you might already be growing weary of counting calories and working out. Wouldn't it be great if you could slim down without so much effort?
Anyone looking for a shortcut to weight loss might be...Tags: Entertainment, Physiology, Human Body, Television, Placebo
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Beauty products made with natural ingredients
Special to the Los Angeles TimesIt's never been easier to feel like a natural woman. The 1960s mantra about getting ourselves back to the garden now applies to an increasing number of beauty products, with some small companies literally going to the garden and farm to bring customers...Tags: Farms, Health and Beauty Products, Chemical Industry, Czech Republic, Honey
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That bad attitude? Blame the birth month
If you don't believe in horoscopes, you're in step with science. But that's not the same as saying the season of your birth cannot affect your fate. Hundreds of studies, published in peer-reviewed journals, have suggested that the month a person is born...Tags: Pancreas, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Colleges and Universities, Behavioral Conditions, University of Oxford
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Five Questions: Daphne Oz
As co-host of "The Chew"(a food and talk show on ABC), Daphne Oz gets to sample items like the Big Mike Burger (two patties, three buns and cheese), chicken and dumplings à la Gwyneth Paltrow and pizza by fellow host Mario Batali.
But the daughter of...Tags: Vegetarian Diet, Aromatherapy, Physical Fitness and Exercise, ABC (tv network), Talk Shows (genre)
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Milk, soft drinks and bone strength
Want strong bones? Eat foods high in calcium and vitamin D, get plenty of exercise — and maybe steer clear of soda.
In recent decades, as consumption of the beverage has steadily displaced the consumption of others —particularly milk —...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Helen Hayes, Children, Diets and Dieting, Health and Safety at School
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Red yeast rice may lower cholesterol
What can you tell me about red yeast rice? Is it really good for lowering cholesterol levels, and are there any side effects?
Red yeast rice (RYR) can help in lowering cholesterol. In one study, researchers recruited people who had high cholesterol but...Tags: Science and Technology, Drugs and Medicines, Diabetes, Health, Vitamin Therapy
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Jack LaLanne was a healthy showoff to the very end
Jack LaLanne was an incredible showoff, and with good reason.
If you can do 1,033 push-ups in 23 minutes at the "over-the-hill" age of 42, then by all means show yourself off. If you can swim more than a mile through the strong currents of Long Beach...Tags: Entertainment, Overweight, Physical Conditions, Celebrities and Health Issues, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Letters: Different views on the need for vitamin D
![I was deeply saddened with the Institute of Medicine report that we are a healthy nation in regard to our calcium and vitamin D intakes ["Sweeping Away the Hype About Vitamin D," Dec. 6]. As a physician keenly interested in my patients' nutrition status and needs, I find the report flawed. By arbitrarily setting the lower limit of normal vitamin D blood level at 20 nanograms per milliliter, they are missing the borderline deficiency between 20 and 40 ng/ml.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2010-12/58213052-11084845.jpg "I was deeply saddened with the Institute of Medicine report that we are a healthy nation in regard to our calcium and vitamin D intakes [\"Sweeping Away the Hype About Vitamin D,\" Dec. 6]. As a physician keenly interested in my patients' nutrition status and needs, I find the report flawed. By arbitrarily setting the lower limit of normal vitamin D blood level at 20 nanograms per milliliter, they are missing the borderline deficiency between 20 and 40 ng/ml.")
I was deeply saddened with the Institute of Medicine report that we are a healthy nation in regard to our calcium and vitamin D intakes ["Sweeping Away the Hype About Vitamin D," Dec. 6]. As a physician keenly interested in my patients' nutrition status...Tags: Calcium, Common Cold, Homeopathy Medicine, Health Treatments, Vitamin Therapy
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Vitamins aren't a cure-all
They were some of the most promising medicines of the 1990s -- wonder pills that appeared to fight cancer, heart disease, stroke and other ailments. Laboratory tests and initial studies in people suggested that lowly vitamins could play a crucial role in...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Research, Prostate Cancer, Illnesses, National Institutes of Health
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