Latest News on Vitamins and Health

Toxic Vitamins (WMGT Macon)
Friday January 19th 2007, 11:03 pm

A new study shows that some vitamins could be hazardous to your health. Here are some tips for protecting you and your family. read more [News Source]

Multi-Vitamin Report (NBC 5 Chicago)
Friday January 19th 2007, 9:59 pm

Already a member? Log-in Get Reviews! Twelve multivitamins failed our tests! Find out which passed or failed now. [News Source]

Vitamin pill for prostate cancer (BBC News)
Friday January 19th 2007, 8:52 pm

Scientists develop a vitamin D pill in efforts to extend the life of patients with advanced prostate cancer. [News Source]

Test: Some Vitamins Contain Less Than Promised (CBS4 Denver)
Friday January 19th 2007, 7:01 pm

An independent analysis of 21 brands of multivitamins on the market found that just 10 of them contained what the labels stated they did. [News Source]

Some vitamins could be dangerous (WTHR Indianapolis)
Friday January 19th 2007, 6:56 pm

Most of us take vitamins because it's a good way to stay healthy. But a new reports says some vitamins may actually be hazardous to your health. Consumerlab.com independently tested a variety of brands, and found not all delivered what was promised. [News Source]

Fat to go: Sacramento County among state’s worst in food study.
Friday January 19th 2007, 4:00 pm

Sacramento County has nearly six times as many fast-food restaurants and convenience stores as it does supermarkets and produce vendors, helping explain why the battle of the bulge is a hard-fought war. [News Source]

Fast-food resignation.
Friday January 19th 2007, 4:00 pm

For every market selling fresh produce in the state there are four fast-food joints, making it easier for Californians to gobble up gut-bulging burgers than fresh fruit, a trend that health advocates say helps make us fat. [News Source]

Eating trans fats may increase infertility risk
Friday January 19th 2007, 4:00 pm

Women who want to get pregnant may want to stay away from fast food French fries not just to avoid putting on some, but to avoid infertility. [News Source]

How water bottlers tap into all sorts of sources.
Friday January 19th 2007, 4:00 pm

Not all bottled waters are the same. While many containers depict flowing rivers or mountain vistas, you have to read the label carefully to know whether the contents come from a spring or a faucet. [News Source]

Vitamin vitality (The Daily Reflector)
Friday January 19th 2007, 1:59 pm

Dayton, Ohio When Mark Masthay shines lights on vegetable molecules to learn more about lung cancer, he's continuing research that began when he forgot to keep that same chemical in the dark. [News Source]

AARP Pulling Senior Citizen Vitamin Off the Market After Report on MSNBC (Senior Journal)
Friday January 19th 2007, 12:55 pm

January 19, 2007 – AARP has pulled its vitamin AARP Maturity Formula from the market and is offering refunds to purchasers after an investigation of vitamins was conducted by ConsumerLab.com and reported on MSNBC and NBC’s Today Show. “If you're banking on a daily vitamin to make up for any deficiencies in your diet, you may be getting a whole lot more — or less — than you bargained for,” says ... [News Source]

New ‘golden rice’ carries far more vitamin (New Scientist)
Friday January 19th 2007, 9:55 am

A new strain of genetically engineered rice has up to 23 times more provitamin A - a lack of the vitamin causes childhood blindness [News Source]