Vitamins are important to good health
11 years, 11 months ago

Vitamins are important to good health

China Daily  

Get Flash Player This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. Vitamin B-12 is found naturally in foods like eggs, meat, fish and milk products. The body stores little vitamin C. So we must get it every day in foods such as citrus fruits, tomatoes and uncooked cabbage. Ultraviolet light from the sun changes a substance in the skin into vitamin D. Fish liver oil also contains vitamin D. In some countries, milk producers add vitamin D to milk so children will get enough. Experts say this is why it is important to eat a mixture of foods every day, to get enough of the vitamins our bodies need.

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Do you really need Vitamin supplements or is your diet enough?
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Do you really need Vitamin supplements or is your diet enough?

India Today  

You may have had friends telling you how daily vitamins help them feel healthier and more energetic. Symptoms of Vitamin Deficiency How can you tell if your body is missing necessary vitamins? Yet, symptoms may indicate a deficiency in specific nutrients: Vitamin B12 Deficiency: Lack of energy, memory loss, tingling in hands and feet Vitamin D Deficiency: Weakened bones, muscle …

Taking supplements can be different for women — and what's in the bottle may not always be accurate
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Taking supplements can be different for women — and what's in the bottle may not always be accurate

Salon  

The amount of supplements offered in local pharmacies and supermarkets is often enough to grant them their own aisle, full of brightly-colored bottles of all shapes and sizes promoting the wellness of hair and nails, the heart, sleep or bones. “But so often the difference between the men versus women’s is the color of the bottle and not what is …

Health Tip: Here's How You Can Fulfil Vitamin B12 & Vitamin D Deficiency? | Health Live
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Health Tip: Here's How You Can Fulfil Vitamin B12 & Vitamin D Deficiency? | Health Live

ABP News  

Vitamin D is an essential nutrient that can be synthesized in the body when exposed to sunlight or absorbed from dietary sources. Vitamin B12 is essential for various health aspects, such as maintaining a healthy nervous system, producing red blood cells, and building the genetic material of our cells. To address vitamin B12 and vitamin D deficiencies, a combination of …

7 Vitamins That Are Important To Keep The Body Fit And Healthy
9 months ago

7 Vitamins That Are Important To Keep The Body Fit And Healthy

News 18  

Vitamins and minerals are one of the important micronutrients of our body. For vitamin B1, one should intake brown rice, soy milk, watermelon and sweet corn in the diet. For vitamin B6, consume meat, fish, potatoes, tofu, legumes, fresh fruits, bananas and melons in a diet. Vitamin B12: Vitamin B12 is very important because it reduces homocysteine levels in the …

Tried and Tested Vitamin Gyaan
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Tried and Tested Vitamin Gyaan

Deccan Chronicle  

Vitamin deficiency knows no age limit. Micronutrient Malnutrition In India, we see “micronutrient malnutrition,” which essentially means a large-scale deficiency of vitamins and minerals in our population, informs Dr D. Nageshwar Reddy, chairman of the Asian Institute of Gastroenterology. While these vitamins play crucial roles in energy metabolism, nerve function, and red blood cell production, excessive intake can lead to …

Vitamin D Supplements Not Enough To Strengthen Children’s Bone Health: Study
1 year, 2 months ago

Vitamin D Supplements Not Enough To Strengthen Children’s Bone Health: Study

News 18  

Vitamin D is vital for bone health as it helps in strengthening them. In the absence of this vitamin, our bodies will not be effectively able to absorb the calcium, which is essential for good bone health. People who suffer from bone disorders like rickets are often advised to take vitamin D supplements. This study concluded that these supplements do …

From Sun to Supplements: Vitamin D is Vital to Your Child’s Health
1 year, 4 months ago

From Sun to Supplements: Vitamin D is Vital to Your Child’s Health

Hindustan Times  

Vitamin D is extremely important for the growth and development of a child right through infancy, i.e., immediately after birth through toddlerhood, pre-school, school-going, and adolescent age. Above and beyond, Vitamin D should be supplemented for children, either through breast milk when the mother is taking Vitamin D, a fortified formula or regular daily doses of Vitamin D. Vitamin D …

Breast Cancer Awareness Month 2023: Know The Role Of Vitamin D In Breast Cancer Prevention
1 year, 5 months ago

Breast Cancer Awareness Month 2023: Know The Role Of Vitamin D In Breast Cancer Prevention

ABP News  

Vitamin D, often called the ‘sunshine vitamin,’ is a vital nutrient that is essential for strong bones and overall health. She said, "There are various risk factors for developing breast cancer which are known well such as being a female,increasing age,not having kids,not breast feeding babies,obesity,smoking alcohol intake etc" Role Of Vitamin D In Breast Cancer Development: In this regard, …

Top 5 Health Benefits Of Vitamin A
2 years, 1 month ago

Top 5 Health Benefits Of Vitamin A

News 18  

Vitamin A is critical for the proper functioning of various systems in the body, including vision, immune function, reproduction, and cellular communication. According to the National Institute of Health, USA, supplements containing Vitamin A, among other nutrients, can help slow down age-related loss of vision. Reproduction: An animal study published in 2011 in the Nutrients journal showed that Vitamin A …

Vitamin D and cardiovascular disease; know how is it good for your heart
2 years, 2 months ago

Vitamin D and cardiovascular disease; know how is it good for your heart

India TV News  

Vitamin D plays many important roles in the body, from strengthening our bones to boosting our immune system to help keep us healthy. The research shows that people with low levels of vitamin D in their bodies have a higher risk for stroke. Unfortunately low levels of vitamin D raise the risk for pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes, recent research …

5 ways Vitamin D can help you live longer
2 years, 3 months ago

5 ways Vitamin D can help you live longer

Hindustan Times  

Vitamin D deficiency can increase your overall risk of premature death as well as specific risk of dying from cancer, heart disease or lung disease, as per a new study involving more than 307,000 UK residents. There are also many studies that talk about Vitamin D's role in preventing cardiac ailments and metabolic disorders like type 2 diabetes. There are …

Can Vitamin D Supplements Help Prevent COVID-19? Know Details Here
2 years, 6 months ago

Can Vitamin D Supplements Help Prevent COVID-19? Know Details Here

News 18  

Vitamin D is one of the most important nutrients that the human body requires. The skin has the ability to absorb the sun’s ultraviolet rays, which in turn, converts them into vitamin D. However, many people suffer from a deficit of it because of various reasons such as older age, lack of nutritious food and a darker skin tone said …

Getting more sun can reduce a person's risk of diabetes and heart disease, study finds
2 years, 7 months ago

Getting more sun can reduce a person's risk of diabetes and heart disease, study finds

Daily Mail  

Getting sun can do more than just boost your mood, as the vitamin D from natural light can even help prevent devastating conditions like diabetes and heart disease, a new study finds. Researchers found that getting enough vitamin D every day can reduce a person's risk of developing diabetes or heart disease. Vitamin D also appears to play a role …

Osteoporosis: Foods to eat and avoid for preventing the condition
2 years, 7 months ago

Osteoporosis: Foods to eat and avoid for preventing the condition

Hindustan Times  

Osteoporosis can weaken your bones and cause mobility issues which would only deteriorate with time. Vitamin K Vitamin K doesn't only help with wound healing, but is also an important vitamin for an optimal bone health. Optimal intake helps in maintaining calcium homeostasis, bone health and reduction in risk of fractures. Vitamin K may also contribute to favourable bone health …

Taking this popular vitamin won’t protect your bones, study finds
2 years, 8 months ago

Taking this popular vitamin won’t protect your bones, study finds

CNN  

CNN — Taking a higher dose of vitamin D to protect your bones isn’t necessary if you are a healthy middle-aged or older adult with no existing bone disease or vitamin D deficiency, a new study found. “This is the largest, longest, randomized controlled trial on vitamin D supplementation in the US – 25,871 men and women were enrolled from …

How an increasingly popular supplement landed a man in the hospital
2 years, 8 months ago

How an increasingly popular supplement landed a man in the hospital

CNN  

CNN — A British man’s overdose on vitamin D is a cautionary tale for people who are considering adding supplements to their lives, according to a paper published Tuesday in the journal BMJ Case Reports. After a visit with a private nutritionist, the man began taking more than 20 over-the-counter supplements every day, including 50,000 international units of vitamin D …

Do you take Vitamin D Supplements? Keep These Pointers in Mind
3 years, 2 months ago

Do you take Vitamin D Supplements? Keep These Pointers in Mind

News 18  

Vitamin D, also known as the sunshine vitamin, is essential for supporting our overall health. Vitamin D toxicity, also known as hypervitaminosis D, is a rare condition in which the body’s vitamin D levels become abnormally high. This is usually caused by taking too many vitamin D supplements, rather than getting enough sun or eating vitamin D-rich foods. However, too …

Vitamin D and Omega-3 supplements help the elderly avoid Covid-19
4 years, 4 months ago

Vitamin D and Omega-3 supplements help the elderly avoid Covid-19

Daily Mail  

Taking regular vitamin D or Omega-3 supplements bolsters pensioners' immune systems, helping them to fend off infections including Covid-19, a study has found. Last month, Matt Hancock urged people to take vitamin D to help boost their overall health and said the Government would be ramping up public health messaging to encourage uptake of the supplement. A study of more …

Calcium and vitamin D supplements not necessary for healthy adults, research finds
5 years, 3 months ago

Calcium and vitamin D supplements not necessary for healthy adults, research finds

ABC  

Australians spend more than $2 billion on vitamin and dietary supplements every year — many of which are effectively useless. Key points: Vitamin D and calcium supplements are often recommended to curb osteoporosis risk New review finds the vitamins have little value for people who are not vitamin deficient Calcium supplements may even cause harm, and have no place in …

Child multivitamins ‘misleading’ parents by providing less than recommended vitamin D, experts warn
6 years, 1 month ago

Child multivitamins ‘misleading’ parents by providing less than recommended vitamin D, experts warn

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Children’s multivitamins on sale in Tesco, Boots and other major stores …

Omega 3 and vitamin D fail to protect against heart attacks or cancer in major trial which show supplements a 'waste of time'
6 years, 4 months ago

Omega 3 and vitamin D fail to protect against heart attacks or cancer in major trial which show supplements a 'waste of time'

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} The biggest …

Should everyone be taking vitamin D?
6 years, 5 months ago

Should everyone be taking vitamin D?

BBC  

Should everyone be taking vitamin D? We know that low vitamin D levels reduce the body’s levels of calcium, which leads to a decrease in bone density and can cause rickets, particularly in babies and children. One study found that low vitamin D was high among people with fatigue and that their symptoms improved after five weeks of vitamin D …

Vitamin D supplements don’t improve bone health, study finds
6 years, 5 months ago

Vitamin D supplements don’t improve bone health, study finds

CNN  

London CNN — Vitamin D supplements do not improve bone mineral density or prevent fractures or falls in adults, finds a large study that advises health professionals to stop recommending the supplements to most patients. “Our meta-analysis finds that vitamin D does not prevent fractures, falls or improve bone mineral density, whether at high or low dose,” lead author Dr. …

Enthusiasm over vitamins often outpaces evidence, experts say
6 years, 11 months ago

Enthusiasm over vitamins often outpaces evidence, experts say

CNN  

Story highlights More than half of Americans take vitamin supplements, including 68% of those 65 and older Preliminary studies often fuel exuberance about a promising dietary supplement However, more rigorous studies almost never find that vitamins prevent disease When she was a young physician, Dr. Martha Gulati noticed that many of her mentors were prescribing vitamin E and folic acid …

Is Taking Vitamins Ever Useful?
8 years ago

Is Taking Vitamins Ever Useful?

Huff Post  

For SELF, by Korin Miller. Women are encouraged to take prenatal vitamins when they’re pregnant, and that recommendation extends to breastfeeding moms — with good reason, Rebekah L., Huppert, R.N., I.B.C.L.C., a lactation consultant at the Mayo Clinic, tells SELF. “Most of the vitamins and minerals we need are in food, and a healthy diet will likely get you close, …

Health warning over 'toxic' levels of vitamin D sold in supplements
8 years ago

Health warning over 'toxic' levels of vitamin D sold in supplements

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Earlier this year everyone in Britain was recommended to take supplements of the vitamin …

Vitamin D supplements don’t prevent disease, study says
8 years, 4 months ago

Vitamin D supplements don’t prevent disease, study says

CNN  

Story highlights A new study has found that vitamin D supplements are not beneficial to everyone But supplements may be beneficial to those at high risk of falls and fractures CNN — Vitamin D supplements do not help prevent disease for the majority of people, according to a new study published Wednesday in the British Medical Journal. “We conclude that …

Vitamin D may lower mortality in one-third breast cancer patients
8 years, 4 months ago

Vitamin D may lower mortality in one-third breast cancer patients

India TV News  

Apart from maintaining healthy bones, higher levels of vitamin D in the blood may also significantly improve survival in one-third of women diagnosed with breast cancer -- the most common form of cancer in women, a study has found. "We found that women with the highest levels of vitamin D levels had about a 30 per cent better likelihood of …

Your dose of health: Fight age-related diseases with Vitamin D
10 years ago

Your dose of health: Fight age-related diseases with Vitamin D

Hindustan Times  

The sunshine vitamin can be of great help for people during their sunset years as it may play a vital role in the prevention and treatment of diseases associated with ageing, says a study. Vit-D-deficiency-could-lead-to-serious-health-problems-like-diabetes-cardio-vascular-diseases-and-even-cancer-Photo-Shutterstock The researchers reviewed evidence that suggests an association between Vitamin D deficiency and chronic diseases associated with aging such as cognitive decline, depression, osteoporosis, cardiovascular …

Vitamin D’s Important Role in Old Age
11 years, 8 months ago

Vitamin D’s Important Role in Old Age

NL Times  

For older people, a daily dose of Vitamin D can be beneficial in maintaining a fit and active lifestyle and in preventing physical problems. According to researchers, older people with vitamin D deficiencies will have more difficulty in their activities of daily living, including climbing the stairs or dressing. The study found that about 90 per cent of older people …

An hour of sun meets our Vitamin D needs
14 years, 5 months ago

An hour of sun meets our Vitamin D needs

Hindustan Times  

You can’t get enough of the sun, literally. Just 10-20 per cent of this vitamin comes from food, yet 96 per cent newborns, 91 per cent healthy schoolgirls, 78 per cent hospital staff and 84 per cent pregnant women in India have low levels of this vitamin. In fact, this US study shows that the mother’s high vitamin D levels …

Revealed: how vitamin D can protect us from cancer
14 years, 7 months ago

Revealed: how vitamin D can protect us from cancer

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. It is the first time that scientists have found direct evidence to suggest that the …

Low Vitamin D Levels? Sardines To The Rescue
15 years, 7 months ago

Low Vitamin D Levels? Sardines To The Rescue

NPR  

Low Vitamin D Levels? Researchers have published two studies in this week's online version of the journal Pediatrics that raise some concerns about whether children receive adequate amounts of vitamin D. Vitamin D is abundant in fatty fish like sardines, tuna and salmon, and it's also found in fortified cereals, milk and orange juice. Researcher and epidemiologist Jared Reis, with …

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