GUEST POST BY DAVID MARK The Washington Post recently published an article asserting that vitamin D is shaping up to be the nutrient of the year, if not the decade. The article started factually strong but weakened at the end when it made specific recommendations. The Post references an article in Consumer Reports titled “Most [...]

The confusion surrounding steroid use in professional baseball has taken another strange turn. The Associated Press and New York Times report that eight of the 104 players who tested positive for steroids in 2003 fall into another category.

Playboy Enterprises likes to put its name and trademark bunny-head logo on products. Get ready for a supplement on which you can nibble the ears. At its second-quarter earnings call on Aug. 4, the president of the licensing division told investors, “Before year-end, we expect to add yet another new product category, nutriceuticals [sic]. We [...]

Nurses and doctors regularly use vitamin supplements, but no more than the general population, a survey finds. And the medical professionals recommend supplements to their patients.

Some dietary supplement companies are boosting their dosages now. The increases have implications not only for consumer health but for regulatory action. The agency might issue warning letters to companies selling Vitamin D products containing 2.5 times the current UL, telling those manufacturers that their products are potentially unsafe.