Consumer Reports tested 15 protein powders and drinks and found three daily servings of several could push arsenic, cadmium or lead past proposed USP limits. Muscle Milk Chocolate powder contained all four metals tested, three at the highest levels found in the group.
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FDA may Okay female-Viagra: What else can you use?
FDA advisers meet Friday on flibanserin, a Boehringer Ingelheim drug first developed as an antidepressant and now proposed for hypoactive sexual desire disorder in premenopausal women. Critics cite nausea and dizziness and modest benefit over placebo.
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June Sale: 25% off Top Dietary Supplements for Women!
A promotional listing for a June sale offering 25 percent off supplements marketed to women, with product blurbs for hormone, adrenal, stress, sleep and B-vitamin formulas.
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Omega-3's Linked to Healthier, Stronger Bones
A rat study in the British Journal of Nutrition found the omega-3 fat DHA raised bone mineral content, while EPA did not. Mercola notes NASA researchers separately reported that EPA may protect against bone loss during spaceflight, a result that challenges the rat data.
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Omega-3 fatty acids help prevent all-cause mortality and cardovascular events
In 563 Norwegian men aged 64 to 76 followed three years, 2.4 g a day of EPA and DHA was associated with 43 percent lower all-cause mortality and 16 percent fewer cardiovascular events against corn oil. Adjusted for age, smoking, blood pressure, BMI and glucose, the figures were 47 and 11 percent.
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L-Carnitine helps type 2 diabetes
In a small Italian study, 16 patients with newly diagnosed impaired fasting glucose or type 2 diabetes followed a low-calorie diet for 10 days. Both groups improved glucose tolerance, but only those also taking 2 grams of L-carnitine twice daily saw plasma insulin fall significantly.
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Alternatives help female sexual arousal disorder
With no drug yet approved for female sexual arousal disorder, the piece cites a 2000 trial where a Muira puama and Ginkgo biloba formula improved desire, arousal and orgasm, plus a case report of a woman who developed persistent arousal syndrome after a month of heavy soy eating.
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Are You Getting the Right Type of Omega-3 Fats?
Mercola separates the marine omega-3s EPA and DHA, backed by decades of heart research, from the ALA added to many supermarket foods, which the body converts poorly. Americans spend $2.6 billion a year on omega-3 supplements and fortified foods.
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St. John's Wort Collection Mined for Its Medicinal Value
Agricultural Research Service scientists in Ames, Iowa curate a collection of about 60 Hypericum species, and researchers at the Center for Research on Botanical Dietary Supplements are screening 180 accessions for compounds that might fight viral infections, reduce inflammation or aid digestion.
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Estrovera™ - Alternative to Hormone Therapy (PR)
A Metagenics press release announcing Estrovera, a supplement built on ERr 731, a Siberian rhubarb root extract the company says cut hot flashes and night sweats against placebo in two 12-week randomized trials and proved well tolerated for long-term use.
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Fish oil may help autism
In a small Israeli trial, ten children with autism spectrum disorder took one gram of omega-3 fatty acids daily for 12 weeks, and eight of nine improved by 33 percent. The authors call the supplements safe and possibly helpful.
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Herbal remedies interfere with drugs for heart disease
Mayo Clinic cardiologists warn that St. John's wort, ginkgo biloba, garlic and even grapefruit juice can blunt or amplify heart medications, risking bleeding or serious arrhythmia. They say elderly patients taking several drugs at once face the greatest danger.
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Krill Oil is 'Safe, Well Tolerated and Effective'
Four weeks of krill oil supplements raised EPA and DHA levels in overweight and obese men and women with no indication of adverse effects on safety measures, a new study found. Mercola says he prefers krill oil to fish oil, given contamination of the fish supply.
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Indian herb preparation prevents diarrhea
Brijesh and colleagues in Mumbai tested a hot water extract of unripe Aegle marmelos fruit pulp, long used in Indian medicine for diarrhea. It killed Giardia and rotavirus and curbed bacterial adherence and cholera toxin, but did not affect six bacterial strains.
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Vitamin C, E, Omega 3-fatty acids prevent pancreatic cancer
In a San Francisco Bay Area case-control study, the highest intakes of vitamins C and E were tied to 31 and 33 percent lower pancreatic cancer risk and omega-3s to 53 percent lower, while high saturated fat intake was tied to 60 to 160 percent higher risk. Vitamins from food showed no link.
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Doctors Advised to Take Vitamin D During Flu Epidemic
A 2009 journal article by University of Virginia researchers recommends testing and treating health workers and patients for vitamin D deficiency during the swine flu pandemic, arguing the deficiency can precipitate the virus. No health agency recommends vitamin D to prevent flu.
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Echinacea next big thing in fighting swine flu?
In laboratory tests reported in Virology, a commercial Echinacea purpurea extract inactivated human H1N1, H5 and H7 avian and swine-origin influenza viruses, apparently by blocking viral entry into cells, and produced no resistant variants, unlike Tamiflu.
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Omega 6 Fat Raises Prostate Cancer Risk; Omega-3 Fats Cut It
A Nigerian study in Ethnicity & Disease found men in the third quartile of total omega-6 fatty acids had 133 percent higher prostate cancer risk than those in the lowest, while men with EPA and DPA in the second quartile were 61 and 21 percent less likely to have the cancer.
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