Recent studies have caused many nutrition scientists to reconsider appropriate daily calcium intake. Concerns about intake of RDA levels of supplemental calcium (1,000 mg/day) were raised a few years ago when a seven-year study of over 36,000 postmenopausal women showed that, while such supplementation resulted in a small but significant improvement in hip bone density, [...]
Recently, the media has pounced on a couple of published studies, which reported that dietary supplements can be bad for you. One study found that intake of vitamin E increased the risk of prostate cancer (1); another reported that post menopausal women who took certain vitamins and minerals had an increased risk of dying (2). [...]
Did you know that 95% of vitamin/mineral supplements sold in North America today are synthetic?1 In most cases, that means you’ll find rocks, petroleum and coal tar in the supplements you’re taking to help you maintain a healthy life. A bit shocking, isn’t it? It’s a mantra that we at Mannatech® have placed at the very center [...]
In 1977, when the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs issued “Dietary Goals for the United States,” their primary goal was to discourage excessive intake of food components linked to chronic disease. This was the first of many governmental attempts to influence America’s dietary choices. It can be argued that subsequent confusing [...]
An international group of vitamin D experts recently published the Endocrine Society’s (ES) Vitamin D Clinical Practice Guidelines, which challenge some of the key findings of the National Academy of Science’s Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) recent vitamin D Dietary Reference Intake (DRI) and tolerable upper limit (UL) recommendations¥2. The Endocrine Society also challenged the IOM’s [...]
Once again, Mannatech’s excellence in educating the public about nutrition and health has been confirmed by a panel of experts. Mannatech’s blog HealthyScience.net was bestowed a Winter/Spring 2011 Web Health Silver Award by the Health Information Resource Center, a national clearinghouse for professionals who work in consumer health fields. The Web health awards program honors [...]
People take Mannatech’s Ambrotose® products for lots of reasons. Many appreciate them for the enhanced well-being and immune support they provide. Would it surprise you that many people also report cognitive benefits from taking Ambrotose products? It shouldn’t. Independent scientists have shown, in three “gold-standard” randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials, that the recommended daily serving of [...]
The well-informed, health-conscious individual will always include antioxidant-rich foods or dietary supplements on his or her shopping list. It is well known that antioxidants strengthen immune system function and may promote health management. These substances can reduce oxidative damage caused by free radicals in the body, thus helping to maintain healthy cells and tissues. Free [...]
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