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Multivitamins: what to avoid, how to choose.(Nutritional aspects of Multivitamins)
You can generally rely on major brand-name and store-brand multivitamins, our past tests have found. But what about the super-cheap multivitamins in close-out and dollar stores?
Our November 2004 report found problems with other products in those stores, so we tested their multivitamins. The results indicate that buying those pills at such outlets is a gamble not worth taking: Nearly half of the 18 tested brands failed to contain the labeled amount of at least one nutrient, and several did not dissolve adequately.
But there are more ways to waste your money on multivitamins than just buying unreliable brands. Some of the roughly 75 million Americans who ...
- Scientific Research Documents Health Benefits of Multivitamins, Other...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire June 24, 2002 700+ words
...measuring the health benefits of multivitamins and other nutritional supplements...of childbearing age used multivitamins with folic acid, it should...The routine use of multivitamins and mineral supplements...rate of hip fracture among older people by at least 20%-meaning...
- MULTIVITAMINS TO PREVENT CATARACTS AND MACULAR DEGENERATION.
- Newspaper article from: HealthFacts Napoli, Maryann November 1, 2001 700+ words
...supplements are popular among older people who view them as a means of preventing...diet alone or using the common multivitamins like Centrum." As for the safety...clinical trial involved 4,629 older people divided into the same four groups...
- A guide to buying multivitamins.(Cover Story)
- Newspaper article from: Nutrition Action Healthletter November 1, 1995 700+ words
Still have questions about multivitamins? Here are the answers to some of the most common ones: Q...digestive tract is geared up for handling food. For example, older people, who often secrete too little stomach acid, may not absorb...
- Mighty "multis" may keep defences strong. (multivitamins)
- Magazine article from: Environmental Nutrition December 1, 1995 700+ words
...heart disease and cancer. Yet a more insidious threat goes unnoticed. Infections are the fourth leading cause of death in older people. Pneumonia is often the culprit. Prevention is the name of the game when it comes to fighting infection. And nutrition...
- Specialization hits multivitamins.(VITAMINS & NUTRITION)
- Magazine article from: Chain Drug Review February 19, 2007 700+ words
...supplements on the market have been multivitamins. The ability to get all of one's...Resources Inc., drug store sales of multivitamins for the 52 weeks ended December 31...1% to $676.9 million. As the multivitamins market continues to mature, marketers...
- Top sellers still have plenty of room to grow.(MERCHANDISING)(multivitamins and...
- Magazine article from: Chain Drug Review October 23, 2006 700+ words
...market attracts more consumers than multivitamins and multiminerals. In fact, the segment...half of the adults in the country use multivitamins and multiminerals. And nearly a third...future of all supplements, not just multivitamins, should be bright, he says. According...
- Multivitamins during pregnancy and after birth delay AIDS symptoms in women.
- Newspaper article from: Biotech Week July 21, 2004 700+ words
...of 271 (7%) of the women who took multivitamins progressed to AIDS during the course...52 (19%) of the women who took multivitamins died, compared with 66 of 267 women...deaths was lower in women receiving multivitamins, this was not a statistically significant...
- Multivitamins with 0.4-0.8 mg folic acid are best for birth defect prevention.
- Newspaper article from: Health & Medicine Week June 14, 2004 700+ words
...a comparison study demonstrate that multivitamins containing 0.4 - 0.8 mg folic acid...preventing birth defects than higher dose multivitamins or folic acid alone. Periconceptional...acid alone or folic acid-containing multivitamins better? and Is a high dose of folic...
