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•   Do multivitamins improve student performance?
  • Despite its well-known health benefits, a daily multivitamin may not help students ace exams or even make it to school on time, suggests a new study of New Jersey elementary school kids
•   Study: Alcohol may fight rheumatoid arthritis
  • Drinking alcohol can not only ease the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis it appears to reduce disease severity too, research suggests
•   Limit consumption of energy drinks, says medical journal
  • A wake-up call to parents and government agencies about the dangers of energy drinks was issued Monday in an editorial in the Canadian Medical Association Journal
•   Heart risk factors less common in fish lovers
  • Middle-aged and older men who eat fish every day are less likely than infrequent fish eaters to develop a collection of risk factors for heart disease, diabetes and stroke, a new study suggests
•   University of Montreal says cashews may treat diabetes
  • Study suggests cashew seed extract may play an important role in preventing and treating diabetes
•   Cut down on meat to lose weight
  • Eating less meat may be the key to keeping a healthy weight, say researchers
•   Vitamins needed to help celiacs stave off bone disease
  • Children with celiac disease need to include certain must-have vitamins in their diets to stave off weak bones and osteoporosis, say researchers at the University of Alberta
•   How safe and effective are herbal dietary supplements?
  • Millions of people are taking herbs and other plant-based dietary supplements to improve their health, but they have precious little information on the actual effectiveness or potential ill effects of these products.
•   Ancient Food Ingredients: What’s Old is New
  • As consumers overseas embrace foods and beverages made with ingredients long known to have health and wellness benefits
•   Fish eaters show lower risk of age-related eye disease
  • Older adults who eat fatty fish at least once a week may have a lower risk of serious vision loss from age-related macular degeneration, a new study suggests
•   “Gluten-free"” foods may be contaminated: study
  • People with celiac disease and others who avoid gluten should beware that foods that are supposed to be naturally gluten-free are often contaminated, warns a new study
•   Exercise, Vitamin D Seem to Cut Alzheimer’s Risk: Researchers
  • Physical activity and adequate levels of vitamin D appear to reduce the risk of cognitive decline and dementia, according to two large, long-term studies
•   Foods that Starve Cancer
  • A cancer to grow, it needs to be fed. To stop cancers from growing, stop angiogenesis. Add anti-angiogenic foods to your diet.
•   More than half the world’s population gets insufficient vitamin D, says UCR biochemist
  • Vitamin D expert Anthony Norman recommends a daily intake of 2000 international units for most adults
•   Cow’s milk does a baby good
  • Tel Aviv University says early exposure to milk protein from cows increases allergy resistance later in life
•   Low vitamin D levels ’linked to Parkinson’s disease‚
  • Having low vitamin D levels may increase a person’s risk of developing Parkinson’s disease later in life, say Finnish researchers
•   New vitamin D guidelines from Osteoporosis Canada
  • Comprehensive updated guidelines for vitamin D supplementation from Osteoporosis Canada
•   When dieting, watch your vitamins: study
  • When weighing the benefits of one weight-loss plan over another, dieters may want to consider what else might be cut with the calories and carbs, suggests a new study
•   10 nutrition powerhouses for kids
  • Get your kids addicted to these colorful, tasty, nutrient-packed superfoods, like blueberries, cocoa, cinnamon and more.
•   Nutritional value of fruits, veggies is dwindling
  • Chemicals that speed growth may impair ability to absorb soil’s nutrients
•   Vitamin B3 as a novel approach to treat fungal infections
  • A team of scientists from the Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC) of the University of Montreal have identified vitamin B3 as a potential antifungal treatment

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