This common vitamin deficiency can mimic normal aging
Two micrograms is an almost unimaginably small amount. It weighs less than a tiny fragment of a grain of table salt. Yet adults need only around this amount of vitamin…
Millions take calcium and vitamin D for stronger bones. A major review finds little benefit
A comprehensive review published in The BMJ suggests that calcium supplements, vitamin D supplements, or taking both together provide little to no clinically meaningful benefit in preventing fractures or falls…
Scientists warn popular vitamin D supplement may have a “previously unknown” downside
Taking vitamin D2 might lower the body’s levels of the more efficient form of vitamin D, vitamin D3, according to new research from the University of Surrey, John Innes Centre…
Scientists discover vitamin B2 may help cancer cells survive
Vitamin B2 is essential for human health, but new research suggests it may also help cancer cells stay alive. Also known as riboflavin, vitamin B2 cannot be produced by the…
Vitamin A may be helping cancer hide from the immune system
Researchers at the Princeton University Branch of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research have uncovered new ways a vitamin A-derived molecule can interfere with the immune system’s ability to fight…
Eating more vitamin C can physically change your skin
Scientists at the University of Otago, Faculty of Medicine — Christchurch Ōtautahi, have identified a direct connection between how much vitamin C people eat and how well their skin produces…
Supercharged vitamin k could help the brain heal itself
Neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and Huntington’s disease occur when neurons gradually deteriorate and die. This progressive loss of brain cells leads to severe symptoms including memory decline, cognitive…
The vitamin D mistake weakening your immunity
Taking vitamin D2 might lower the body’s levels of the more efficient form of vitamin D, vitamin D3, according to new research from the University of Surrey, John Innes Centre…
CRISPR uncovers gene that supercharges vitamin D—and stops tumors in their tracks
Vitamin D is not only an essential nutrient, but also the precursor of the hormone calcitriol, indispensable for health: it regulates the uptake of phosphate and calcium necessary for bones…
‘Healthy’ vitamin B12 levels not enough to ward off neuro decline
Meeting the minimum requirement for vitamin B12, needed to make DNA, red blood cells and nerve tissue, may not actually be enough — particularly if you are older. It may…