Article: Effects of vitamin K on bone mass and bone metabolism

Article: Greens for bones ... researchers say vitamin K may improve bone health.(Brief Article)
Natural Life;  May 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......conducted in Japan. All these trials showed vitamin K to have a beneficial effect on bone mineral...Canadian research study to test the effects of vitamin K against a placebo. This study will also be...in postmenopausal women with low bone mass. Vitamin K supplements are currently not available in Canada ...

Article: Facts Every Health Care Professional Needs to Know About Vitamin D
Dynamic Chiropractic;  April 23, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Vitamin D first caught my eye in 2003 when I noticed it had been...an FDA order. At the time, I thought I would look into vitamin D toxicity as a possible cause, although I cannot recall...this problem. That is why I wrote, "PDA's Crackdown on Vitamin D Is Troubling,"1 two years ago. When I researched ...

Article: Vitamin D offers myriad benefits: experts now recommend getting 1,000 International Unit of vitamins D3 per day, but most of us are far below this goal.
Women's Health Advisor;  June 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ...Vitamin D is best-known for the key role it plays in bone health...continues to accumulate. In the past six months, higher vitamin D levels have been linked with a reduced risk of fracture...fat in women. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The number one thing vitamin D does is help prevent osteoporosis and other ...

Article: Rethinking vitamin D and its role in osteoporosis.(Women's Health Update)
Townsend Letter: The Examiner of Alternative Medicine;  April 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Vitamin D is the only vitamin that is also a hormone, and the only vitamin we don't have to consume from our diet. Vitamin D is normally produced in the skin through ultraviolet exposure of a derivative of cholesterol (7-dehydrochlesterol), which...

Article: Gimme a 'C.' (Vitamin C revives research interest as food additive)
Food Processing;  September 1, 1998 ;     621 words ...Vitamin C's powerful antioxidant properties are getting new appreciation. News junkies may have noticed that vitamin C already has made the headlines more than a couple of...the findings, pointing out serious flaws in the study. Vitamin C's nutritional claim to fame is well-founded. For example...

Article: The benefits of Vitamin C.(Life Extension)
Manila Bulletin;  December 13, 2006 ;     700+ words ...VITAMIN C, also known as ascorbic acid, is the most publicized, well known among the various vitamins in the market. It's a water-soluble vitamin. Our bodies are unable to store it, and we must insure that we get adequate quantities in our diets...

Article: The benefits of Vitamin C.(Opinion & Editorial)
Manila Bulletin;  July 2, 2003 ;     700+ words ...VITAMIN C, also known as ascorbic acid, is the most publicized, well-known among the various vitamins in the market. Its a water-soluble vitamin. Our bodies are unable to store it, and we must insure that we get adequate quantities in our diets...

Article: 8 FAQs on Vitamin E.(Well Being)
Manila Bulletin;  May 31, 2004 ;     700+ words ...VITAMIN E has never been so popular among the health-conscious public as it is today. Distinguishing...the world. It is time that the consumers be properly informed about the great knowledge behind Vitamin E. We believe that a deeper understanding on Vitamin E will definitely further encourage them to take ...

Article: Vitamin D deficiency in the southern United States.
Southern Medical Journal;  April 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Vitamin D is an essential nutrient for optimal calcium homeostasis for the body. Vitamin D is a secosteroid hormone ( seco meaning cut ) with two...wavelengths of 290 and 315 nm. Upon entering the circulation, vitamin D (D without subscripts refers to either [D.sub.2] or...

Article: Vitamin D may help you dodge cancer; how to be sure you get enough.
Environmental Nutrition;  June 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Vitamin D has an illustrious history as a major bone-building nutrient required for calcium...have discovered that essentially every cell in the body has receptors for active vitamin D, which wouldn't be there if they didn't have a function, says noted vitamin D researcher Michael Holick, Ph.D., M.D., of ...

Article: Vitamin C promises to fight cancer as well as runny noses.
Environmental Nutrition;  May 1, 1992 ;     700+ words ...Vitamin C holds promise for preventing high blood pressure, cataracts...skeptical. Today, research findings suggest he was right. Vitamin C may indeed play a significant role in preventing deadly and debilitating diseases. Vitamin C Against Cancer. A recent review of almost 100 studies...

Article: MOST PEOPLE NEED VITAMIN D SUPPLEMENTS, STUDY SUGGESTS
The Boston Globe;  March 19, 1998 ;     700+ words ...Vitamin D deficiency, which can lead to brittle bones and other...specialists say, is that virtually everyone should take vitamin D capsules, especially during northern winters when the...limits the body's ability to make its own stores of the vitamin. Nearly 60 percent of several hundred patients ...

Article: Vitamin E practicality reviewed: vitamin E is needed by and critical for all animals and humans. The interrelationship of vitamin E with several nutrients and compounds makes defining its exact requirements challenging.(Nutrition & Health: Swine)
Feedstuffs;  November 27, 2006 ;     700+ words ...VITAMIN E is essential for all animals. However, opinions differ as to the levels (relative to conditions) at which vitamin E must be fed due to its overall role as an antioxidant...selenium, sulfur amino acids, polyunsaturated fatty acids and vitamin C as well as synthetic antioxidants. In human ...

Article: Vitamin E: Mechanisms of action as tumor cell growth inhibitors
The Journal of Nutrition;  January 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ...Vitamin E: Mechanisms of Action as Tumor Cell Growth Inhibitors'1,2 Vitamin E is an essential fat-soluble vitamin that functions, at least in part, as a lipid-soluble antioxidant. Although vitamin E is a popular supplement...