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Are You Getting Enough Vitamin D to Fight Fractures?
Vitamin D has been shown to reduce the risk of bone fractures in the elderly—but is the Recommend Dietary Allowance (RDA) of vitamin D enough to do the job? A recent review of the research on vitamin D and fractures, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), concluded that the answer is no.
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Researchers in Finland found that men who regularly worked late hours were 36% more likely to be overweight than their 9-to-5-working counterparts.
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- I usually agree with most of your articles, but I think you dropped the ball on your “51 Healthy Foods” (August) concerning peanut butter. You did not specify the peanut butter should be “natural.” Most others have hydrogenated trans fat and you know that is harmful.
- In your list of “51 Healthy Foods,” you list carrots but do not say cooked or raw. It is my impression that the human system cannot digest raw carrots because the cellulose walls are resistant. Is this correct?
- For the lactose intolerant, does soy milk offer as much calcium benefit as cow’s milk?
Abstracts
- Eating Plenty of Produce Could Halve Pancreatic Cancer Risk
- NewsBites
- Magic Soybeans? Testing the Promise of Soy Protein
- Folate and Other B Vitamins May Fight Mental Decline with Aging
- Don’t Underestimate Risk of Becoming Overweight, Study Warns
- Vitamins Linked to Cataract Prevention; Role of Fats Less Clear
- Breakfast: Champion of Weight Control for Women