Vitamin D

Calcium, vitamin D pills don't prevent fractures, panel says

2013-02-27 05:30:00

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&...

Supplements we take mostly not ordered by doctors, study says

2013-02-05 16:50:00

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...

Natural foods: Eating up the trends

2012-03-17 00:00:00

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...

The Healthy Skeptic: Is caffeine an effective weight-loss aid?

2012-01-09 00:00:00

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...

Beauty products made with natural ingredients

2012-04-22 00:00:00

It'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...

That bad attitude? Blame the birth month

2012-01-30 00:00:00

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...

Five Questions: Daphne Oz

2012-03-10 00:00:00

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 � la Gwyneth Paltrow and pizza by fellow host Mario Batali. But the daughter of...

Milk, soft drinks and bone strength

2010-05-03 00:00:00

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 —...

Red yeast rice may lower cholesterol

2010-07-05 00:00:00

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...

Skeleton in the Closet

2011-03-20 00:00:00

Young people don’t give much thought to their bones unless they’ve broken one. Yet maintaining strong bones is arguably one of the most important things men and women can do to guarantee a robust old age. Seventy-five percent of skeletal...

Ladies First

2011-03-20 00:00:00

Equality of the sexes in the boardroom? It’s about time. The kitchen and the classroom? Absolutely. The doctor’s office? Now there’s a novel idea.... Men and women experience health in fundamentally different ways. Did you know that a...

Jack LaLanne was a healthy showoff to the very end

2011-01-31 00:00:00

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...

An expert panel found no convincing evidence that daily supplements of calcium and vitamin D helped older women reduce their risk of fractures -- but it did increase their risk of developing kidney stones.

2013-02-26 17:26:05

deficiency, and a 2008 study published in the Archives of General Psychiatry found that vitamin D levels were 14 percent lower in depressed people. The sun on your skin needs exposure time to bring about the change that produces vitamin D, according to Reinhold Vieth, Ph.D.

2012-07-12 20:00:00

Molds from the Thompson Chocolate Factory, a 100+ year old Connecticut company in Meriden, are displayed in the saleroom for visitors to see. Thompson makes chocolate santas, bunnies, cigars, coins and other novelty chocolates which it sells under its own name and packages for other huge companies.

2012-02-14 07:43:32