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Nutritional Supplements May Decrease Postpartum Blues
A trio of supplements supports brain changes in women during postpartum.
Expert Answers: How BCAAs Boost Health
Curious about BCAAs? Our expert explains what they're good for — and how to right-size your intake.
Expert Answers: Better Pre- and Postworkout Meals
What should you eat before and after exercising? Our expert offers some options.
Vitamin D May Help Elderly Reduce Their Risk of Falling
A new study suggests that supplementing elderly diets may boost muscle strength and prevent injuries.
Digestive Enzymes
Suffering from heartburn, reflux, and other digestion challenges? Digestive enzymes can be an important step in finding lasting relief.
Supplement-Shopping Tips
Nutritional Supplements are not highly regulated, so both quality standards and formulations vary widely. In her New York Times bestseller, The Hormone Cure, Sara Gottfried, MD, offers these tips for supplement shopping:
Low vitamin D levels linked to cancer and heart disease, studies show
The studies, which looked at data on more than one million people, confirmed previously reported evidence of the risks associated with vitamin D deficiency.
REPORT: Does Vitamin D Supplementation Work?
Researchers in France claim that low vitamin D levels are an effect — not a cause — of disease, and recommend against supplementation.
Probiotics at Work
Your guide to making the most of your body’s beneficial bugs — for gut health, immunity, metabolism and more.
Probiotics Can Put You in a Better Mood
How the healthy flora can reduce anxiety and depression.
How Dietary Supplements Reduce Health Care Costs
Dr. Mark Hyman on dietary supplements and health care costs.
Don’t Stop Taking Your Vitamins
A new study on vitamins might not give you the whole story.
The Lowdown on Vitamin D
Gregory Plotnikoff, MD, weighs in on the Institute of Medicine's vitamin D recommendations.
CoQ10: The Miracle Molecule
With an astonishing array of applications, CoQ10 offers something for virtually everyone — from fitness buffs to those at high risk for heart disease and cancer.
What Are the Recommended Dosages for B Vitamins?
This comprehensive guide to B vitamins outlines why you need them, signs of deficiency, and recommended dosages.
Pick Your Protein Powder
A popular nutritional supplement among fitness-minded people, protein powders come in many formulations. Here’s how to decide which ones are likely to suit you best.
High-Performance Supplements
There are lots of sports supplements out there, claiming to make you faster, stronger or more enduring. But which ones really boost sports performance?
Individualized Nutrition
The ideal diet, the spot-on supplement strategy — can a few simple tests help you carve out the one and only nutritional program that's perfect for you?
Multivitamin Maze
Yes, you should probably be taking a multi, but how do you decide which one?
What Is Ephedra?
Dangerous, benign, helpful, harmful? Here's the scoop on one of the most controversial herbs around.