“The publication under discussion (1) involves the combined evaluation of 2 placebo-controlled, double-blind, randomized clinical studies (RCTs): NORVIT, Norwegian Vitamin Trial (2), and Western Norway B Vitamin Intervention Trial (3).
Almost half of UK women could be suffering from a lack of vitamin A because of a previously undiscovered genetic variation, scientists at Newcastle University have found.
Patients with heart disease have an associated increased risk of cancer and death from any cause if treated with vitamin B9 (folic acid) and vitamin B12, a new study criticized by experts suggest.
Mothers who ate vegetables only three to fives times per week increased the risk of type 1 diabetes in their children by 70 percent, compared to women who consumed vegetables daily during pregnancy, according to new study results.
Daily supplements of multivitamins may decrease the risk of food allergies in younger children, says a new study.
Low blood levels of vitamin D have again been linked to lower survival in the elderly, a new study reports.
High combined intakes of vitamin C and vitamin E, beta-carotene, lutein, and zeaxanthin from food may decrease the frequency of chromosome damage in ionizing radiation-exposed persons, a new study reports.
High combined intakes of vitamin C and vitamin E, beta-carotene, lutein, and zeaxanthin from food may decrease the frequency of chromosome damage in ionizing radiation-exposed persons, a new study reports.
Lower intakes of salt (sodium chloride) may have benefits for bone health in women at risk of osteoporosis, says a new study.
“The headline ‘The dark side of vitamin C’ recently appeared in the German newspaper service ‘Die Welt online,’ prompted by an American study showing that artificial antioxidants (N-acetyl cysteine and Trolox) support the metabolism of tumor cells that have become detached from the tumor and could thus promote metastasis.”
