Vitamin Therapy

How to parent like a celebrity

2012-05-10 13:30:00

"Mad Men" actress January Jones ate her placenta (to be fair, dried and made into a pill). Alicia Silverstone chews up veggies and deposits them mama-bird-style into her baby son's mouth. And model Gisele Bundchen says her diaper-free son was toilet...

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...

Babies don't want vegan mommies?

2012-04-21 07:00:00

The vegan lifestyle isn't mainstream yet, but it's surely on its way thanks to the whole food movement inspired by the likes of "Forks Over Knives" and "Food Inc." Trendy vegan cookbooks, blogs and personalities continue to multiply as we all get...

In vegan debate, one thing parents must agree on

2012-04-23 12:15:00

Is it nutritionally risky to put babies and children on a vegan diet, or is it the best thing for them? "When a mother eats meat, her breast-fed child's brain grows faster and she is able to wean the child at an earlier age, allowing her to have more...

'Pizza vegetable' controversy is hot potato

2011-11-28 00:00:00

A law blocking new regulations of tomato paste, spuds and salt in school meals causes a stir. If you've been following the headlines recently, you could be forgiven for thinking that pizza is now considered a vegetable in the cafeterias of American...

Your Stylist: Repairing hair from the summer heat

2011-08-22 16:32:15

Prenatal vitamins reduce the risk of autism by half

2011-05-25 15:12:02

Rosalyn Yalow dies at 89; Nobel winner helped revolutionize medical diagnostics

2011-06-06 00:00:00

Physicist Rosalyn S. Yalow, who shared the 1977 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the development of a medical diagnostic test that revolutionized patient care and led to a new understanding of diabetes and a host of other diseases, died May 30 in...

Plumper lips without a trip to the doctor

2011-03-27 00:00:00

Fuller, plumper lips can be achieved by numerous methods, with varying degrees of permanence, without resorting to implants or fillers. Lip-enhancing colors and glosses line the shelves of beauty stores. They're popular because, for well under $20,...

Alleviating season allergy symptoms naturally

2011-04-25 00:00:00

It's hard to feel upbeat about spring weather if you suffer from seasonal allergies. While other people can spend all day outside without a sniffle, you can barely look at a field of grass or an oak tree without turning into a watery, miserable mess....

Green tea sets weight-loss industry abuzz

2010-08-16 00:00:00

Like all industries, the herbal weight-loss business moves in cycles. Less than a decade ago, the stimulant herb ephedra was one of the stars of the scene. It sped up metabolism and weight loss, but it also raised the heart rate and, in some cases, caused...

The Healthy Skeptic: Male fertility supplements are no magic path to fatherhood

2011-02-14 00:00:00

The average man produces hundreds of billions of sperm cells in his lifetime. Only a minuscule fraction of those little guys ever manage to swim far enough and fast enough to fertilize an egg. Successful sperm must be strong. It stands to reason then that...

Vitamin D helps the body absorb calcium and is important for normal development, healthy teeth and strong bones. Vitamin E helps keep a healthy immune system, protects the body from free radical damage during an intense workout.

2012-01-12 13:21:25

Vitamin A helps eye and skin health. Vitamin C helps keep bones, teeth, blood vessels and collagen healthy. It's also a natural antioxidant that protects the body from free radical damage during an intense workout.

2012-01-12 12:48:09

A woman buys vitamins in Thousand Oaks. Americans buy more than $20 billion worth of nutritional supplements each year. On Monday, researchers reported that taking supplements was associated with a small increase in the risk of death among older women.

2011-10-11 12:08:43