THE EVIDENCE THAT VITAMIN C PREVENTS THE COMMON COLD is not particularly strong. The common cold is a viral infection of the nose and throat. This upper respiratory tract infection is... Read More
Should You Take a Multivitamin?
Limited evidence suggests some supplements may be associated with a higher risk of serious harm (hip fracture [vitamin A], hemorrhagic stroke [vitamin E], and kidney stones [vitamin C, calcium]).... Read More
Sugar and the Microbiome
The human microbiota comprises up to 100 trillion symbiotic microbes, mostly bacteria in the gut.... Read More
Vitamin D and Cancer
With a median 5.3-year intervention, vitamin D supplementation did not reduce cancer or cardiovascular risk, the study’s two primary endpoints.... Read More
Vitamin D and Cancer
While vitamin D supplementation did not lower cancer incidence, it appeared to be associated with a reduced incidence of advanced cancer.... Read More
Sleep and Health
Obesity. Numerous studies associate insufficient sleep with weight gain. For example, a University of Iowa (USA) study discovered that individuals regularly sleeping fewer than six hours per night had a much higher chance of being overweight. On the other hand, those sleeping an average of wight hours had the lowest relative fat.... Read More
Does Eating Breakfast Promote Weight Loss?
But is it that healthy folks tend to eat breakfast, or is there a causal relationship between consuming a good breakfast and improved health outcomes? Are the lower chances of suffering from diabetes, heart disease, and being overweight due to eating a healthy breakfast?... Read More
Adding Probiotics to Antibiotics
PROBIOTICS CAN HELP PREVENT (OR ATTENUATE) the negative changes in the composition of gut microbes associated with antibiotic treatment. Today we look at adding probiotics to antibiotics. Have you ever... Read More