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Beware of These Dietary Supplement Advertising Tricks (Part 3)

  • Posted on March 21, 2015
  • by David Schardt

Trick #6: “Weird” tips and tricks to sell overpriced supplements Ever click on one of those “One Weird Trick” or “One Weird Old Tip” ads? The simple sketch or odd…

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Beware of these dietary supplement advertising tricks (Part 1)

  • Posted on March 4, 2015
  • by David Schardt

Trick #1: Phony testimonials Here’s “Amy,” gushing about the “secret anti-aging product” Garcinia cambogia on some fake news site. Amy shows up on hundreds of other websites, admitting that she…

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Are Probiotic Dietary Supplements Worth Taking?

  • Posted on February 4, 2015
  • by David Schardt

Can probiotics—the good-for-you bacteria and yeast in some foods and supplements—relieve GI distress, replenish your intestinal flora when you take antibiotics, and keep you from catching a cold? It all…

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Dietary Supplements: Are Multivitamins Useless?

  • Posted on January 28, 2015
  • by Bonnie Liebman

“Medical journal: ‘Case closed’ against vitamin pills,” ran the headline in USA Today in 2013. But is it really? Two studies led to the headline. In the first, doctors who…

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Can dietary supplements lengthen telomeres to help you live longer?

  • Posted on January 15, 2015
  • by David Schardt

It’s “the most important discovery in human history,” according to physician and supplement salesman Al Sears on alsearsmd.com. The discovery? When telomeres shorten, cells age. Telomeres are snippets of DNA…

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Are Dietary Supplements Inexpensive Insurance?

  • Posted on August 19, 2014
  • by David Schardt

“We know that even people who make a concerted effort to add more nutrient-dense foods to their diets still might not be meeting their nutrient requirements,” says Diane McKay, an…

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Can Vitamin Supplements Prevent Cancer?

  • Posted on August 12, 2014
  • by David Schardt

“Men taking a multivitamin were 8 percent less likely than men taking a placebo to be diagnosed with a cancer,” says Harvard epidemiologist Howard Sesso who helped run the study…

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Vitamin Supplements: Can Vitamin D Help Control Asthma?

  • Posted on July 21, 2014
  • by Bonnie Liebman

If you have asthma and low vitamin D, taking the vitamin may not help your lungs. U.S. scientists randomly assigned 408 adults with persistent asthma and low vitamin D blood…

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Can Calcium Lower the Risk of Colorectal Cancer from Eating Cured Meats?

  • Posted on March 13, 2014
  • by Bonnie Liebman

Taking calcium carbonate or eating calcium-rich foods may make processed meats (like ham, sausage, bacon, and hot dogs) less likely to raise the risk of colorectal cancer. [VS] Scientists told…

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