Swedish researchers reported that multivitamin use may increase the risk of breast cancer by 19 per cent, according to data from a 9.5 year study involving over 35,000 women aged between 49 and 83. Writing in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, the Stockholm-based researchers said the apparent link is a “concern and merits further investigation”.
Continue reading...Monday, March 8, 2010
Vitamin D is necessary to trigger T cells – the immune system’s killer cells – into action, and insufficient levels of the vitamin mean the cells remain dormant and inactive, according to findings published in Nature Immunology.
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Results of a 26-week randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled intervention study with 87 women found that multivitamins and minerals were associated with significantly lower body weight, body mass index, and fat mass
Continue reading...Friday, January 29, 2010
Low levels of vitamin D may increase the risk of developing Crohn’s disease, suggest results of a new cell study from Canada.
Continue reading...Friday, January 15, 2010
Alpha-tocotrienol, one of eight forms of vitamin E, was found to inhibit an enzyme from releasing fatty acids that eventually kill neurons, according to findings from a study with mouse brain cells published in the Journal of Neurochemistry.
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Supplements of folic acid may improve cardiovascular health and reduce the prevalence of peripheral arterial disease (PAD), suggests a new study.
Continue reading...Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Higher blood levels of vitamin D may double survival rates of colorectal cancer patients, suggests a new study from Harvard researchers. People with the highest average levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-(OH)D) – the non-active storage form of the vitamin – had a cancer-specific mortality half that of people with the lowest average levels, says a new study published in the British Journal of Cancer.
Continue reading...Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Younger white women with vitamin D deficiencies are about three times more likely to have high blood pressure in middle age than those with normal vitamin levels, according to a study released on Thursday.
Continue reading...Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Compared to people with optimal vitamin D status, those with low vitamin D levels were three times more likely to die from heart disease and 2.5 times more likely to die from any cause, according to results of a study with 3,400 Americans.
Continue reading...Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Men with earlier-stage prostate cancer may have better survival odds if they get a little more than the recommended amount of vitamin B6 everyday, a new study suggests.
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