Older people who take vitamin D supplements along with calcium may live longer than others, according to a new review of previous studies.
The researchers looked at data regarding the vitamin D intake of more than 70,000 adults in their 60s and 70s. They found that people who took vitamin D, along with calcium supplements, were 9 [...]

What is Acai?
The acai berry is an inch-long reddish, purple fruit . It comes from the acai palm tree (Euterpe oleracea) native to tropical Central and South America and has been a traditional food of the native people of the Amazon for hundreds of years. Acai derives from a word of indigenous peoples of South [...]

Good food and supplements can stave off age-related eye condition afflicting Judi Dench
By IAN MARBER
PUBLISHED: 20:55 GMT, 21 April 2012 | UPDATED: 20:55 GMT, 21 April 2012
 
 
 
Dame Judi Dench has age-related macular degeneration
Actress Dame Judi Dench is among the half-a-million adults in the UK sufferering from age-related macular degeneration (AMD). It afflicts 10 per cent of those aged [...]

by ROSALIND RYAN, femail.co.uk
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As the bikini panic starts to set in, many of us may be feeling desperate that the gym sessions and low fat lunches aren't having the desired effect.
We've all heard the warnings about quick-fix diet pills. But a new breed of weight loss tablets - known as slimming supplements - is [...]

A coroner has written to the Health Secretary calling for all pregnant women and those who breastfeed to take vitamin D.
North London coroner Andrew Walker said action should be taken to reduce the risk to others after he held an inquest last week into the death of a three-month-old boy.
In his letter to Andrew Lansley [...]

Mounting research on the health benefits of cocoa suggests that this culinary luxury could become a dietary staple. Sadly the health properties of cocoa do not span across all its products, certainly not all chocolate products can be presumed to be healthy. Large amounts of sugar and saturated fat are used to make the chocolate [...]

A coroner has written to the Health Secretary calling for all pregnant women and those who breastfeed to take vitamin D.
North London coroner Andrew Walker said action should be taken to reduce the risk to others after he held an inquest last week into the death of a three-month-old boy.
In his letter to Andrew Lansley [...]

SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder) and winter blues
Animals react to the changing seasons with changes in mood, metabolism and behaviour people and human beings are just the same. Many people find they eat and sleep slightly more in winter and dislike the dark mornings and short days and this is commonly referred to as 'winter blues' or [...]

In September 2011 new research was published by the Journal of Endocrinological Investigation shedding further praise on CoEnzyme Q10 for its part in improving male sub-fertility. This essential, ubiquitous nutrient, also aptly known as ubiquinone, plays a central role in many of the body systems. It is found in the ‘engine room’, the [...]

The largest ever clinical study on omega-3 supplementation in pregnancy reveals a dramatic reduction in early births and improvements in infant health.
The trial of almost 2,400 pregnant women, supplemented with Omega 3 also showed a 35 per cent reduction in the incidence of low birth weight babies and the same percentage reduction in post natal [...]