supplements

Natural supplements can be dangerously contaminated, or not even have the specified ingredients - The Conversation More than two-thirds of Americans take dietary supplements. The vast majority of consumers – 84% – are confident the products are safe and effective. They should not be so...

FDA Warns Public Away From Deadly Supplements Sold as a Cancer Cure - Gizmodo The Food and Drug Administration is warning the public to stay far away from supplements, touted as a cancer cure, that are made with an ingredient linked to irregular heartbeats, seizures, and even deaths. On...

Can a dietary supplement help ease your depression? - Harvard Some people are wary of taking antidepressants to treat their mild or moderate depression. They may not want to deal with the hassle of prescriptions, the costs, the potential side effects (such as sexual dysfunction), or the worry...

This Is What Fish Oil Supplements Actually Do - Vice Is fish oil really just snake oil? For centuries, humans have used fish oils, orally or topically, to treat a wide array of ailments, from aches and pains to rickets and gout. The popularity of this supplement has shifted over the years, as...

Morning or night? With food or without? Answers to your questions about taking supplements - The Spokesman Review When to take supplements There is debate about whether taking your vitamins in the morning or at night is best. The theory goes that because you’re getting nutrients throughout the...

Melanoma: More evidence that antioxidants speed up tumor spread - Medical News Today New research evidence backs up previous findings that taking antioxidant supplements can speed up the spread of the deadliest form of skin cancer. Researchers at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden have...

Hundreds of Dietary Supplements Are Tainted with Prescription Drugs - Scientific American Less than half of the products were recalled, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration analysis found Dietary supplements aren’t regulated like pharmaceutical drugs, so that means they shouldn’t contain...

Probiotics: If you don’t just poop them out, they may muck up your guts - Ars Technica Standard probiotics may not be risk free. There’s a pungent cloud of hype and hope around probiotics—and researchers have long tried to clear the air about what the bowel-blasting products can ( and mostly...

Fool’s gold: what fish oil is doing to our health and the planet - The Guardian Omega-3 is one of our favourite supplements – but a huge new study has found it has little or no benefit for heart health or strokes. How did it become a $30bn business? The omega-3 industry is in a twist. Again...

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