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Definitions (regulatory terms) Dietary supplement – regulatory term. Includes vitamins, minerals, herbs, botanicals, fatty acids, and amino acids as long as they are prescribed in dosage forms, such as capsules, tablets, liquids, gels or powders. Whole food supplements – whole foods with only the water and fiber removed (i.e. dried foods). They are processed below 112 degrees … Continue reading
Commercials on television push the same message — “take your vitamins” — but doctors are less urgent. A balanced diet of fresh, nutritious foods is still the ideal way to get the vitamins and minerals that your body needs. A catchphrase form medical school holds that if you take extra vitamins and minerals, what you … Continue reading
By: Margo D. Beller Special to CNBC.com The vitamin supplements industry is “one of the safest industries that exist,” despite lack of Food and Drug Administration oversight of its products, GNC Holdings CEO Joseph Fortunato told CNBC Tuesday. “We hope GNC leads the way” for the industry with its own good manufacturing practices, Fortunato added.”There have been roughly … Continue reading
BY KEVIN ROOSE A schoolteacher invented it. Oprah raved about it. Cold-stricken customers and hypochondriacs flocked to it. Skeptics said it was nothing more than snake oil in pill form. And now, the herbal supplement maker Airborne has made its owners a very healthy profit. Schiff Nutrition International agreed to buy Airborne, which is … Continue reading
GNC is being sued in a class action consumer fraudlawsuit by a Southern California woman who claims that the company made false claims about an exercise aid supplement, C4 Extreme, sold by the retailer that contains the controversial substance known as DMAA. According to the North County Times, Lynette Bates is suing GNC, Woodbolt International and Cellucor Sports … Continue reading
The United States Army is investigating whether certain dietary supplements for athletes, available until recently at stores on military bases in the United States, may have played a role in the deaths of two soldiers. William P. O’Donnell/The New York Times Dietary supplements like Jack3d and OxyElite Pro were removed from military bases. Both soldiers died last … Continue reading
We’ve known for a long time that vitamins are good for you. Perhaps the best example is vitamin C, which completely cures scurvy, a disease that has plagued mankind for millenia. (It was described by Hippocratessome 2400 years ago.) Scottish doctor James Lind described how to cure scurvy with citrus fruit back in 1753, but … Continue reading
Two studies this week raised gnawing worries about the safety of vitamin supplements and a host of questions. Should anyone be taking them? Which ones are most risky? And if you do take them, how can you pick the safest ones? Vitamins have long had a “health halo.” Many people think they’re good for you … Continue reading
(Health.com) — Older women have a slightly increased risk of dying at an earlier age if they take multivitamins or certain other dietary supplements, according to a new study published today in the Archives of Internal Medicine. Of the 15 supplements included in the study, iron was most strongly linked to an increased risk of … Continue reading
(MONEY Magazine) — Few health products have more price variation than supplements. Scan the drugstore aisle and you’ll see some multivitamins priced at $1 for a month’s supply — and some at $73. The more expensive ones often contain higher vitamin levels than those recommended by the U.S. government, but “they aren’t necessarily better,” says … Continue reading
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