Vitamins And Minerals Supplements: Here Are 6 Ways They Can Cause Harm
There are well-recognised harms from the ingredients of dietary supplements, especially when these substances are consumed in high doses.
There are well-recognised harms from the ingredients of dietary supplements, especially when these substances are consumed in high doses.
According to the study, Vitamin D can be used as an effective enhancing treatment in patients who are hospitalised with COVID.
In the advent of the COVID-19 vaccination drive, Brigham and Women’s Hospital at Boston is conducting a study on how effective is vitamin D against coronavirus.
Also known as the ‘Sunshine Hormone’, Vitamin D is emerging as an important nutrient in women’s health. Read more to find out the benefits.
Dietary calcium is usually reliable, but more isn’t radically good. Moreover, extra calcium doesn’t give added bone strength.
The irony is that in winter, when people need vitamin D the most, most of us are not getting enough. So how much should we take? Should we take supplements? How do we get more? And, who needs it most?
Sunlight is the best natural source of Vitamin D. Vitamin D helps our bodies to process calcium effectively and is essential for healthy bones.
Vitamin D deficiency is emerging as one of the major problems due to ever-increasing urbanization. Indian subcontinent shows high prevalence of Vitamin D deficiency according to the data.
A study in the British Medical Journal has found that increasing lack of Vitamin D among Indian women is leading to an increase in obesity and diabetes among them. The cross-sectional population-based study shows that 68.6% women in India are vitamin D ‘deficient’, whereas almost 26% have been marked ‘insufficient’, reported TOI. What does the research […]
High-dose vitamin D supplements improve weight gain and help with the development of language and motor skills in severely malnourished children, our latest study has found. Adrian Martineau, Professor of Respiratory Infection and Immunity, Queen Mary University of London, analyses this. Severe acute malnutrition is the most extreme and visible form of undernutrition. Affected children […]