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Resveratrol may support bone health in obese men
8 September 2015
A new study from Denmark reports that resveratrol seems to increase bone formation and/or mineralization in obese men.
28 April 2014
According to a new US study a low dietary vitamin D intake in mid-life seems to be linked to a higher total mortality among hypertensive subjects.
The cohort study used food questionnaires to estimate the intakes of vitamin D of 8006 Japanese American men aged 45 to 68 and documented cases of death during 45 years (1). The study results showed that among participants with hypertension those with the highest vitamin D intakes were significantly less likely
to die than those with the lowest intakes.
The researchers commented that vitamin D may have heart protective effects which support health in gene- ral. They noted that the used calculations of nutrient intake were crude estimates of vitamin D status based on food questionnaires. As people in general are not very good at recording what and how much they eat, vitamin concentrations in blood, tissue or urine are the most accurate reflection of the nutritional status. An earlier meta-analysis of 12 studies reported a 20 nmol/L increase in blood serum vitamin D3 concentrations was associated with an 8% decrease in all-cause mortality (2).
8 September 2015
A new study from Denmark reports that resveratrol seems to increase bone formation and/or mineralization in obese men.
14 November 2013
A new US review concluded that there is only limited evidence that vitamin and mineral supplementation can prevent the development of cancer or cardiovascular disease in healthy people without known nutritional deficiencies. The researchers acknowledge, however, that the data analysis has weaknesses.
6 April 2012
Regular intake of supplements containing omega-3 fatty acids may support the function of blood vessels in cardiovascular patients, suggests a new Chinese meta-analysis.