High Doses Vitamin D May Prevent Fractures

Daily high dose vitamin D supplementation is effective in preventing fractures in the elderly according to researchers at Tufts University. They studied data from 11 randomized trials ‰ÛÓ comprising more than 31,000 older adults ‰ÛÓ investigating vitamin D supplementation and fractures.åÊ “Taking between 800 IUs and 2,000 IUs of vitamin...

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Vitamin B Shows Promise for Alzheimer’s

Researchers at MIT found during clinical trials that a three-nutrient cocktail of B vitamins, phosopholipids and antioxidants was found to promote the growth of certain brain synapse connections that typically erode during the early stages of Alzheimer’s. The nutrients develop the fatty molecules that form brain cells and synapses. Over...

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