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Taking medication daily may increase the risk of vitamin deficiency
24 June 2011
Daily intake of three or more drugs can be associated with a low status of vitamin D, K, and the B-vitamins in the elderly, a new Austrian study suggests.
08 September 2015
24 June 2011
Daily intake of three or more drugs can be associated with a low status of vitamin D, K, and the B-vitamins in the elderly, a new Austrian study suggests.
26 July 2012
A recent Australian study has delivered the first human data showing that early postnatal fish oil supplementation increases n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) levels in infants and is associated with lowered allergenic responses to allergens such as dust mites.
15 February 2016
Professor Celeste de Jager of the Division of Geriatric Medicine at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, specializes in the effect of nutrition on cognitive decline in the elderly. In recent years, she has been closely involved in the VITACOG randomized controlled trial which found that a vitamin B intervention reduced circulating homocysteine levels, leading to a reduced rate of cognitive decline. Her most recent paper demonstrates that this effect is dependent on the patient having omega-3 fatty acid levels in the upper-normal range.