Most vitamin, mineral supplements not shown to lower heart disease risk
Current research does not show enough evidence that vitamin or mineral supplements are beneficial for preventing or treating heart disease, with the exception of folic acid for reducing stroke risk, according to a review. Current recommendations to adopt healthy diets that are heavy in plant-based foods from which these vitamins are derived naturally should be reinforced.
May 28, 2018 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, exception, mineral-supplements, not-show, nutritional counseling, preventing-or-treating, stroke-risk, vitamin-or-mineral
Dietary Supplements Linked To Higher Mortality In Older Women
A report in the October 10 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals ‘Less is More’ series reveals that consuming dietary supplements, such as iron and coppers, multivitamins and folic acids seems to be linked to a higher risk of mortality in older women – the exception appears to be calcium supplements…
October 11, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, dietary-supplements, exception, internal, nutrition / diet, nutritional counseling, risk, series-reveals, such-as-iron
