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Supplementation

In this issue

  • Daily Multivitamin Use May Bring Significant Savings To Older Americans

  • Teen Supplement Users Are Healthier And More Nutrition Savvy

  • Multivitamin / Mineral Supplementation May Help Older Adults Reduce Their Risk Of Chronic Disease

  • Multivitamin And Multimineral Combination May Lower The Risk Of Colds And Flu For Diabetic Individuals

  • Supplements Effective at Changing Body Composition

 

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Importance of Supplementation

 

In this issue

  • Scientific Evaluation Finds Benefits in Liquid Vitamin and Mineral Supplements

  • Major Scientific Review Validates the Importance of Vitamins

  • Vitamin E and C Together at High Doses Reduce the Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease

  • Plant Nutrients from the Mangosteen Fruit Inhibit Leukemia Cell Growth

  • Vitamin and Antioxidant Combination Reduces Risk of Heart Disease and Stroke

  • American Diet Lacking in Essential Minerals

  • Antibacterial Activity of Xanthones Found in Mangosteen Appears Strong

  • Aloe Vera May Support Natural Hormone Therapy in Activating Anticancer Immunity

  • Aloe Vera in Combination Benefits Patients with Heart Disease

  • Green Tea’s Anti-Cancer Mechanism Of Action Uncovered

  • Derivative from Mangosteen Has Cytotoxic Effect on Certain Types of Cancer Cells

  • Multivitamin/Mineral Supplementation May Help Older Adults Reduce Their Risk of Chronic Disease

  • Selenium Deficiency May Impact the Body’s Ability to Fight Disease
     

The #1 Superfood - the Acai Berry

Açaí has recently been called “Superfood Number 1” by Dr. Nicholas Perricone, author of The Perricone Promise: Look Younger, Live Longer in Three Easy Steps. He has given acai this title because of the numerous outstanding health promoting properties inherent in the fruit. Major television networks are also bringing attention to acai. NBC's Today Show recently featured a report on this very potent fruit, calling it the "Viagra of the Amazon", touting it for helping with circulation, longevity and anti-aging.

People magazine is asking the question, What is “The latest look-better, live-longer superfood?” and goes on to answer by talking about how acai is packed with antioxidants, vitamins, minerals and other nutrients. More

 

Mangosteen

In this issue

  • A Geranylated Biphenyl Derivative From Garcinia Mangostana

  • Xanthones Induce Cell-Cycle Arrest and Apoptosis in Human Colon Cancer DLD-1 Cells

  • A Geranylated Biphenyl Derivative from Garcinia Mangostana

  • Antibacterial Activity of Xanthones from Guttiferaeous Plants Against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus

  • Induction of Apoptosis by Xanthones from Mangosteen Human Leukemia Cell Lines

  • Evaluation of the Antifungal Activity of Natural Xanthones from Garcinia Mangostana and Their Synthetic Derivatives

  • Chemical Constituents of Garcinia Mangostana

  • Effect of Mangostin, a Xanthone from Garcinia Mangostana Linn. in Immunopathological and Inflammatory Reactions

     

Minerals

  • Meat and Dairy: Where Have the Minerals Gone? 

  • Recommended Intakes of Vitamins and Essential Minerals

  • The Effects of a Multivitamin/Mineral Supplement on Micronutrient Status, Antioxidant Capacity and Cytokine Production in Healthy Older Adults Consuming a Fortified Diet

  • Effect of Homocysteine-Lowering Therapy with Folic Acid, Vitamin B12 and Vitamin B6 on Clinical Outcome After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

  • Importance of Both Folic Acid and Vitamin B12 in Reduction of Risk of Vascular Disease

  • Can Dietary Supplements with Folic Acid or Vitamin B6 Reduce Cardiovascular Risk? Design of Clinical Trials to Test the Homocysteine Hypothesis of Vascular Disease

  • More Folic Acid for Everyone, Now

  • Effects of Folic Acid and Combinations of Folic Acid and Vitamin B-12 on Plasma Homocysteine Concentrations in Healthy, Young Women

  • Folate and Vitamin B6 from Diet and Supplements in Relation to Risk of Coronary Heart Disease Among Women

  • Folic Acid Antagonists During Pregnancy and the Risk of Birth Defects

  • Dietary Beta-Carotene, Vitamin C, and Risk of Prostate Cancer: Results from the Western Electric Study

  • Dietary Strategies for Lowering Homocysteine Concentrations

  • Multivitamin/Mineral Supplementation Improves Plasma B-Vitamin Status and Homocysteine Concentration in Healthy Older Adults Consuming Folate-Fortified Diet

  • Agriculture: The Real Nexus for Enhancing Bioavailable Micronutrients in Food Crops

  • Associations of Serum and Dietary Magnesium with Cardiovascular Disease, Hypertension, Diabetes, Insulin, and Carotid Arterial Wall Thickness: The Aric Study

  • Baseline Characteristics and the Effect of Selenium Supplementation on Cancer Incidence in a Randomized Clinical Trial: A Summary Report of the Nutritional Prevention of Cancer Trial

  • Effects of Selenium and Zinc Supplementation on Nutritional Status in Patients with Cancer of Digestive Tract

  • Potassium, Magnesium, and Fruit and Vegetable Intakes are Associated with Greater Bone Mineral Density in Elderly Men and Women

  • Effects of Selenium and Zinc Supplementation on Nutritional Status in Patients with Cancer of Digestive Tract

  • Minerals and Blood Pressure
     

 

 

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