supplements
You Don’t Need Food Supplements to Stay Healthy
Are you taking food supplements? Why? If you answer “To stay healthy,” then you are off the mark. I take Kirkland’s Mature Multi because my daughter insists that I should (and pays for it, too). Otherwise, I would go with Dr. Donald McCormick, Ph.D. and Emory University professor emeritus of biochemistry who said, “A lot …
Best Supplements To Build Muscle
Best supplements to build muscle The supplement industry is a crazy place with a lot of guarantees and promises that are not realistic at all. Do you really think you can take a pill and lose 30 points without putting in the work? The sad reality is that many people think it is possible. There …
Massive meta-study finds most vitamin supplements have no effect on lifespan or heart health
The new study gathered data from a large number of randomized clinical trials examining 16 vitamin supplements and their associations with general mortality and cardiovascular conditions such as heart attack or stroke. Almost all the supplements reviewed, including multivitamins, selenium, vitamin A, vitamin B6, and vitamin D, showed no association with either increased or decreased …
Supplements probably aren’t helping your heart, research suggests
“This research further shows that despite extensive sales and use of different dietary supplements, there is a lack of scientific evidence supporting the use of many supplements,” said Dr. Bruce Y. Lee, an associate professor of international health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, who was not involved in the research. The …
‘Save your money’: no evidence brain health supplements work, say experts | Science
Dietary supplements such as vitamins do nothing to boost brain health and are simply a waste of money for healthy people, experts have said. According to figures from the US, sales of so-called “memory supplements” doubled between 2006 and 2015, reaching a value of $643m, while more than a quarter of adults over the age …
Holistic Health And Potassium Supplements
Why would somebody supplement Potassium? Potassium is an essential ingredient to maintaining your healthy function of muscles, heart, kidneys, nerves, and the digestive system. While certain eating habits naturally will provide the potassium levels most women and men need, there are select people who need much more than what can be obtained from eating food. …
Dietary supplements that claim to boost brain health are a waste of money — and potentially harmful — experts say
Photo by Elliot L’Angelier on Unsplash American consumers spent an estimated $3 billion on brain-health supplements in 2016. The more than a quarter of Americans over the age of 50 who take a dietary supplement to improve their brain health are not only wasting their money, they may also be putting their health at risk, …
