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 people get [...]
News reports bring into question the efficacy and safety of some vitamins. However, there is an even greater threat from a product with no proven side effects and a very low price.
Financiers have discovered what the industry knew all along: Economic hard times have not been bad for makers and sellers of supplements and related wellness products. People are willing to forgo luxuries, even new cars and homes, but not their health.
If you have not visited the NutriSupLaw blog in a little while, you should. To celebrate the start of our fifth year, we gave the blog a makeover. Or as they say on the Web, a redesign. We think the new look does a better job of displaying blog entries and organizing our growing lists of resources, links and tags.
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.
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.
