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US FDA plans to crack down on vitamin and supplement manufacturers who make unsupported health claims about their products. Indeed, there is little scientific evidence to support their use in otherwise healthy people.
Health Headlines Commentary for February 12, 2019 Source: Your multivitamins and brain-boosting pills may be suspect, and regulators are cracking down on the $40 billion industry
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Most multivitamins and supplements are unnecessary, will not prevent heart attack or increase longevity in otherwise healthy people, but certainly enrich the supplement manufacturers.
Health Headlines Commentary for May 29, 2018 Source: Vitamins won’t prevent a heart attack or make you live longer: study Reference: Supplemental Vitamins and Minerals for CVD Prevention and Treatment Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Published online May 28 2018 Analysis: Most multivitamins and supplements are a ‘waste of money’
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Megadosing vitamins reported to increase risk of heart disease and cancer
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for April 21, 2015 Source: Taking too many vitamins pills ‘increases risk of heart disease and cancer’, study warns
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Sunday House Call, #522, March 1, 2015: Wasting money on vitamins
Sunday House Call, #522, March 1, 2015 Topics today include: The vitamin industry has taken you for a ride and fed you misinformation to sell their products, a rash and flu-like symptoms, vitamin supplements, waking up startled, and a fall on the ice resulting in head trauma and internal bleeding.
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Doctor disciplined for trying to practice medicine by using pseudoscience and woo on depressed teen
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for January 6, 2015 Source: Ottawa environmental doctor disciplined for treating suicidal teen with vitamins
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Vitamin promotion and benefits by manufacturers not supported by studies and FDA wants proof anti-bacterial soaps work
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for December 17, 2013 [display_podcast] Source: Doctors urge public to stop ‘wasting money’ on vitamin supplements Reference: Long-Term Multivitamin Supplementation and Cognitive Function in Men: A Randomized Trial Oral High-Dose Multivitamins and Minerals After Myocardial Infarction: A Randomized Trial Vitamin and Mineral Supplements in the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and…
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Multivitamins do little to reduce cancer risk in male physicians over 50:study
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for November 19, 2012 [display_podcast] Source: Study: Multivitamins may slightly lower cancer risk in men but not their odds of heart disease Reference: Multivitamins in the Prevention of Cancer in Men: The Physicians’ Health Study II Randomized Controlled Trial
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Folic acid deficiency virtually nonexistent in Canada, food supply is adequate so why take supplements?
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for December 14, 2010 [display_podcast] Source: Canadians’ blood levels of folic acid now high: study Reference: Folate status of the population in the Canadian Health Measures Survey