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07/08/2018 / By Isabelle Z.

Scientific research finds higher doses of vitamin C result in greater beneficial health effects

You may already know that vitamin C can help reduce the duration of a cold, but a new study has found that you can get stronger effects by taking far higher doses of the vitamin than most studies have examined. Past animal studies across a variety of species have shown vitamin C’s ability to prevent […]

07/06/2018 / By Isabelle Z.

The effectiveness of tuberculosis drugs dramatically increases when taken with vitamin C

Tuberculosis is a serious problem, killing 1.7 million people around the world in 2016 and sickening many others. One reason it can be so deadly is because treatment with drugs can take six months or even longer as cells linger. The multidrug variety can take up to two years to treat, and the drugs used […]

06/18/2018 / By Carol Anderson

DSM files an FDA petition suggesting that brands use simpler vitamin names instead of their chemical ones

Purchasing vitamins and supplements can be hard, especially for people who do not have a background in medicine. This is due to the complicated and unfamiliar names of vitamins and nutrients printed on packaging. According to DSM Nutritional Products, the long, hard-to-pronounce names are scaring consumers away, specifically because they don’t know exactly what they […]

04/12/2018 / By Ralph Flores

The endless health benefits of broccoli

People have given broccoli a bad name for far too long. When these small, green flower heads are on the plate, people would usually put them on the edge of the plate, not even looking at it. That’s too bad, really: This green, tree-like vegetable contains a lot of health benefits that could help improve […]

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