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Multivitamins and supplements: To take or not to take?

"People ask me this question quite often: 'Should I be taking certain vitamins and supplements?' And the answer is, quite honestly, 'It depends,'" says Anne Harguth, registered dietitian at Mayo Clinic Health System.

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Powder power: The good, bad and nutrient overload

Many people are looking to supercharge their health, or simply lose weight, with one of the latest trends in nutrition—powders. Makers of these easy-to-mix nutrient products claim they provide all the essential vitamins ...

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Monitoring the population's food and supplement intakes

Collecting data on what the U.S. population actually consumes is a key nutrition monitoring step. Nutritionists then translate "foods eaten" into "nutrients consumed." This snapshot of the population's food-nutrient intakes ...

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More than half of U.S. adults use dietary supplements

(HealthDay)—During 2017 to 2018, 57.6 percent of U.S. adults used any dietary supplement in the previous 30 days, according to a February data brief published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National ...

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