Tag: dietary supplements

Physical Activity, Nutrient Supplementation Interventions Fail to Have Significant Effect on Cognitive Function

Physical Activity, Nutrient Supplementation Interventions Fail to Have Significant Effect on Cognitive Function Two studies in JAMA examine the effect of physical activity and nutrient supplementation on cognitive function. The news is not encouraging. In one study, Kaycee M. Sink, M.D., M.A.S., of the Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem,...

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Supplements Now Not Good??

@Nicholas Eveleigh, Getty Images A new study suggests that multivitamins and some other supplements actually increase the odds of mortality. Lead author Jaakko Mursu, Ph.D., a nutritional epidemiologist at the University of Eastern Finland collected data on almost 39,000 women with an average age of 62 over 19 years. They...

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