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Vitamin D may prevent influenza A in schoolchildren
15 March 2010
Vitamin D supplementation during the winter may reduce the incidence of influenza A, especially in specific subgroups of schoolchildren, says a new study.
08 April 2010
Daily supplements of zinc may help reduce measures of anger and depression in young women, according to a new study.
In the study, 30 young Japanese women were randomly assigned to receive multivitamins or multivitamins plus 7 milligrams of zinc for 10 weeks (1). The multivitamins were given to all to avoid vitamin deficiencies, and the supplement provided 50 percent of the Japanese recommended dietary allowances of vitamins A, D, B1, B2, B3, B6, B9 and B12.
At the end of the study, only women who received the additional zinc supplements showed significant increases in blood levels of zinc and reductions in scores of anger-hostility and depression-dejection. On the other hand, multivitamin supplements did not affect the mood states of women who participated in the study.
Although the findings are preliminary and should be interpreted with caution, they may prompt further investigations to evaluate the relationship between zinc and mood states in women, the researchers concluded.
15 March 2010
Vitamin D supplementation during the winter may reduce the incidence of influenza A, especially in specific subgroups of schoolchildren, says a new study.
28 April 2010
A daily supplement of vitamin E may improve liver health of people with non-alcoholic liver disease, says a new study.
1 February 2013
Sexual health is an essential factor in the quality of a woman’s life. But, depending on a woman’s phase in life, different aspects of sexual health will be more important to her: While women under the age of 20 in industrialized countries are particularly interested in reliable contraception, women between the ages of 20 and 45 shift their focus to reproductive health and maternity issues – i.e., pregnancy, birth and breastfeeding. Fertility slowly diminishes with age. Usually, changes to the female cycle are the first signs of the climacterium – i.e. the phase of hormonal adjustment that ends with menopause. This is fol-lowed by the postmenopausal phase. The normal processes of aging bring changes that can influence sexual health. In every one of these life phases, a balanced, micronutrient-rich diet plays an important role in maintaining sexual health.