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). [...]
Recently the American Academy of Pediatrics¹ (AAP) and authors published in the British Medical Journal² (BMJ) and the Journal of Nutrition³ recommended that people of all ages, from children to older adults, increase vitamin D levels in the body using nutritional supplements.
When we become parents, we tend to put our own needs aside for the sake of our families, skipping workouts because “there’s just not enough time to do everything,” or not eating right because it’s just not convenient or “worth the effort.” However, I think it is important for us to do exactly the opposite. [...]
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