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08/18/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Understanding the ingredients in your exercise and athletic performance supplements

Dietary supplements are often recommended by nutritionists to improve your fitness or shed excess pounds. However, their ingredients might not deliver on their promises, either because they don’t work or they’re meant for a different level of performance. So a federal research center released summaries about the ingredients used by supplements. The National Institutes of […]

02/24/2018 / By Isabelle Z.

Flintstone’s children’s vitamins, owned by biotech giant Bayer, are full of questionable ingredients, including GMOs, aspartame, hydrogenated oils

Parents who give their children vitamins normally do so out of concern for their health, which is why a closer look at the ingredients found in one of the most popular vitamins for children in the country is so shocking. Dubbed “Pediatricians’ #1 Choice,” Bayer’s Flintstones Vitamins are one of the most successful brands on the […]

01/31/2018 / By Zoey Sky

Supplement facts: How to read the label on your vitamins

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulates the information included on dietary supplement labels, starting from font size all the way to the list of ingredients that are included in the list. If you’ve ever wondered what all the information on vitamin labels mean, check out the detailed explanation for each section below: % Daily Value — Daily […]

05/22/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield

Must-have vitamin supplements for every prepper

A steady supply of food is a must on every prepper’s list of essentials. The question is: How much of these foods are nutritionally-balanced? In situations where the usual comforts are unavailable, we need to be in our best physical condition. We must maintain our health with the correct combination of robust physical activity and […]

05/22/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

Cheap vitamins are made from GMO glucose syrup fed to bacteria, analysis finds… Don’t buy low-grade vitamins

Last year, Brits spent more money on vitamins than painkillers. On the surface, this sounds like good news because painkillers have been associated with many concerning side effects. However, it turns out that some of the vitamins on the market are not exactly doing their bodies any favors. The UK multivitamin industry is worth a […]

05/02/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

CVS shifting away from unhealthy candy and soda in favor of healthier items

CVS has decided to dramatically slash the amount of space it devotes to junk food and soda just three years after it stopped selling tobacco products. The country’s biggest drugstore chain has been making a series of positive moves that reflect the increasing trend toward health consciousness sweeping the U.S. as increasing numbers of stores […]

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