15 March 2010
Daily supplements of vitamin D and calcium may not reduce the risk of fracture in postmenopausal women, says a new study.
In the randomized controlled trial, the incidence of fractures was measured in 3,432 women (age 65–71 years) taking daily 800 IU vitamin D (cholecalciferol) and 1,000 mg calcium or placebo for three years (1). According to the findings, the risk of all fractures, fractures to the forearm, and fracture to any upper extremity reductions were reduced by 17, 30, and 25 percent, respectively. However, none of these were statistically significant.
The researchers concluded that this study did not produce statistically significant evidence that vitamin D and calcium supplementation prevents fractures in a 65- to 71-year-old general population of postmenopausal women.
1 July 2013
A new genetic study from the UK reports that there is a clear causal link between low blood concentrations of vitamin D and the development of hypertension.
13 December 2019
Global experts on LC-PUFAs (long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids) and infant formula provide their position on the need to add at least as much ARA as DHA, in a new paper published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
1 February 2015
The two omega-3 fatty acids eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) are essential to the structure and functioning of heart and brain. Low blood concentrations of EPA and DHA have been associated with common cardiovascular and cerebral diseases.
