News tagged with multivitamin

Pill-sized device provides rapid, detailed imaging of esophageal lining

Physicians may soon have a new way to screen patients for Barrett's esophagus, a precancerous condition usually caused by chronic exposure to stomach acid. Researchers at the Wellman Center for Photomedicine ...

Medical research created Jan 13, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Regular use of vitamin and mineral supplements could reduce the risk of colon cancer: study

Could the use of vitamin and mineral supplements in a regular diet help to reduce the risk of colon cancer and protect against carcinogens? A study published in the Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology (CJPP) found that ra ...

Cancer created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Multivitamin lifts brain activity, memory

(Medical Xpress)—A daily multivitamin supplement may improve brain efficiency in older women, according to new research from Swinburne University of Technology.

Neuroscience created Nov 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Vitamin C supplements linked to kidney stones

New research from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden shows that men who take vitamin C supplements regularly run a higher risk of developing kidney stones. The study, which is published in the scientific periodical JAMA Internal Me ...

Health created Feb 04, 2013 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Magnesium may be as important to kids' bone health as calcium

Parents are advised to make sure their children drink milk and eat other calcium-rich foods to build strong bones. Soon, they also may be urged to make sure their kids eat salmon, almonds and other foods high in magnesium—another ...

Pediatrics created May 05, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Are dietary supplements working against you?

Do you belong to the one-half of the population that frequently uses dietary supplements with the hope that it might be good for you?

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 21, 2011 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 5

Multivitamins may enhance mood and energy, new study says

(Medical Xpress)—A daily multivitamin supplement may enhance mood and energy, according to new research conducted at Swinburne University of Technology.

Health created Mar 04, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Taking vitamin pills may undermine motivation to reduce smoking

A new study has found that smokers who take multivitamins offset their healthy behaviour by smoking more cigarettes. This is an example of what psychologists call the licensing effect, which occurs when people make a virtuous ...

Health created Aug 02, 2011 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

No benefit from high-dose multivitamins seen for HIV patients receiving antiretroviral therapy

A new study by Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers suggests that, for HIV patients receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) to treat HIV, there is no benefit from high- vs. standard-dose micronutrient ...

HIV & AIDS created Oct 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Multivitamin

A multivitamin is a preparation intended to supplement a human diet with vitamins, dietary minerals, and other nutritional elements. Such preparations are available in the form of tablets, capsules, pastilles, powders, liquids, and injectable formulations. Other than injectable formulations, which are only available and administered under medical supervision, multivitamins are recognized by the Codex Alimentarius Commission (the United Nations' authority on food standards) as a category of food. Multivitamin supplements are commonly provided in combination with dietary minerals. A multivitamin/mineral supplement is defined in the United States as a supplement containing 3 or more vitamins and minerals that does not include herbs, hormones, or drugs, where each vitamin and mineral is included at a dose below the tolerable upper level, as determined by the Food and Drug Board, and does not present a risk of adverse health effects. The terms multivitamin and multimineral are often used interchangeably. There is no scientific definition for either.

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