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Vitamin E can help your new hip last longer - Daily Mail 3rd October 2009
"A vitamin found in avocados could transform hip replacement surgery, enabling one replacement to last a lifetime.
Vitamin E works by preserving the protective lining of the joint which tends to wear out, often requiring patients to have revision surgery. "
5 of the best... immune-boosting supplements - Daily Mail 24th October 2009
"On average we will each catch 233 colds during a lifetime, and with winter on its way, it is even more crucial to ensure the immune system is strong. This is the body's defence against foreign substances, such as bacteria, viruses and parasites, and it can be weakened by illness. Here are five supplements available to buy at High Street pharmacies and online which may, alongside your five a day, help you fight off the bugs."
Vitamin supplements could do more harm than good - Daily Telegraph 19th October 2009
"People taking high-dose vitamin and mineral supplements may be doing more harm than good, an expert has warned. "
Vitamin supplements may do more harm than good, warns medical adviser - Daily Mail 19th October 2009
"People taking high-dose vitamin and mineral supplements may be doing more harm than good, an expert said today.
Professor Martin Wiseman, medical and scientific adviser for the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF), said it was difficult to predict the impact vitamin supplements had on the chances of cutting cancer."
Jeremy Laurance: What you should know before you pop a vitamin pill - The Independent 13th October 2009
"Absolute and total health excellence, every day, forever," it says on the front of the pack of vitamin pills sitting on my desk – the latest of the free gifties from the world of PR that always brighten my day. Actually, I preferred the real thing – a fresh lemon, newly waxed and polished, that arrived beautifully packaged in a square, red cardboard box last week advertising some cold remedy. I took it home and put it in my tea – delicious. "
Vitamin D 'can help balance' - The Independent 2nd October 2009
"People aged 65 and over should take high-dose vitamin D to help stop them falling over, according to research.
They can cut their chance of falls by 19 per cent if they take 700- 1,000IU (17.5-25 micrograms) of the vitamin as a daily supplement, according to research published online in the British Medical Journal (BMJ). It found a dose lower than 700IU per day had no effect."
The vitamin that can save pensioners from frequent falls - Daily Mail 2nd October 2009
"Pensioners should take high doses of vitamin D to reduce the number of falls they have.
Those aged 65 and over can cut the chance of a fall by as much as a fifth if they take at least 17.5micrograms of vitamin D a day, a study revealed. "
Vitamin D 'can boost survival from cancer' - Daily Telegraph 22nd September 2009
People who spend more time outside have a better chance of surviving certain cancers, new studies suggest.
Vitamin pills a waste of money? Not if you're over 60, they're not! - Daily Mail 15th September 2009
Most people don't need to take supplements, it was reported last week.
We get enough vitamins and minerals from our diet, said Professor Brian Ratcliffe, a former government adviser on nutrition, so buying supplements is simply a waste of money.
Vitamins are waste of money and could harm health, claims nutritionist - Daily Telegraph 10th September 2009
Britons are wasting their money and possibly risking their health by taking vitamin supplements, Professor Brian Ratcliffe, a leading nutritionist has claimed.
Vitamin supplements are largely a waste of money, says professor - The Times 10th September 2009
Healthy people are wasting money on vitamin supplements and at worst may be harming their health, according to a leading nutritionist.
Brian Ratcliffe, of the Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, said that most of those taking the supplements were among the “worried well” and would be unlikely to gain any appreciable health benefits from taking vitamin and mineral tablets or fish oil capsules.
'Worried well' are wasting £600 million a year on vitamins - Daily Mail 10th September 2009
Multivitamins taken by millions of 'worried well' are a waste of money and may be doing more harm than good, an expert has said.\n\nBrian Ratcliffe, a former government adviser on nutrition, accused the £600million-a-year vitamin pill industry of preying on the fears and finances of people who are essentially healthy.
Mediterranean diet pill to help prevent heart disease - The Sunday Telegraph 30th August 2009
A pill designed to help prevent heart disease by giving users the benefits of following a Mediterranean diet is being entered into a large number of new trials after promising early results.
The tomato pill diet: Daily dose is as good for the heart as Mediterranean food- Daily Mail 31st August 2009
British scientists have developed a groundbreaking pill which provides all the health benefits of a Mediterranean diet. \n\nOne capsule of Ateronon taken daily can break down fatty deposits in the arteries and help prevent heart disease and strokes, potentially saving millions of lives.
Folic acid in bread 'could be unnecessary and increase health risks' - The Telegraph 18th August 2009
Adding folic acid to bread could be unnecessary and may even expose many to potentially negative health risks, according to a new study.
Can vitamin C injections help to beat shingles? - Daily Mail 14th July 2009
Injections of vitamin C are being used to treat the painful condition shingles.
In a new German trial, patients are being given a dose of vitamin C intravenously. The theory is that the vitamin increases the body's production of interferon, an infection fighting protein.
Nutritionist recommends 'dangerous' kelp seaweed granules to diabetic - The Telegraph 8th July 2009
A nutritionist put her diabetic patients' health at risk by recommending extraordinary but "dangerous" foods such as kelp seaweed granules and green bananas, a misconduct hearing was told yesterday.
NHS nutritionist gave 'dangerous' advice risking health of her diabetes patients - Daily Mail 8th July 2009
An NHS nutritionist told diabetic patients to eat a range of bizarre and trendy foods, including some that were 'dangerous', a disciplinary panel heard yesterday.
Katie Peck, 32, recommended dandelion tea, kelp granules, milk thistle, flax seed oil and chromium supplements - all apparently without any clinical reason.
She also allegedly recommended expensive vitamin supplements, including co-enzyme Q10, for which there is no evidence of any benefit.
Why the pepper is worth its salt (in Vitamin C)- Daily Mail 4th July 2009
The humble pepper has a very surprising secret - it is a wealth of Vitamin C.
'The pepper contains three times more Vitamin C than oranges and other citrus fruit,' says Bridget Benelam of the British Nutrition Foundation. 'They are a little-known, yet rich source of this immune-boosting vitamin.'
Vitamin sales fall as consumers ditch expensive health supplements - The Telegraph 24th June 2009
Sales of vitamins have fallen as consumers ditch expensive health supplements to cut back on the cost of their shopping, research shows.
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