Healthful Newsletters from Carlson Laboratories

Winter 2007

20% Reduction in Breast Cancer Risk Associated with Vitamin E Supplementation

A 20% reduction in breast cancer risk was observed by researchers among women that used vitamin E supplements and had a low dietary intake of vitamin E. Researchers also noted a 20% risk reduction in breast cancer risk in women who used supplemental vitamin B and had low dietary vitamin B intake.

The Shanghai... Continue Reading

Age Related Hearing Loss May Be Preventable by Supplementing with Common B Vitamin

A study found that Folic Acid supplementation may prevent or slow age-related hearing loss. Age related hearing loss is the most common type of hearing loss, affecting approximately 10 million mature Americans.

The study followed 728 men and women in the Netherlands (where food is not fortified with... Continue Reading

Current Dietary Supplement Use Among United States Children

The Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine published results from the 1999-2002 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), which provides a look at U.S. children and their vitamin intakes.

The nation wide survey found that only 31.8% of children used dietary supplements. The... Continue Reading

Fish Consumption Slowed Brain Performance Decline by 4-fold in Elderly Men

A recent study of 210 elderly men, aged 70 to 89 years, and living in Zutphen, Netherlands found that consumption of the omega-3 fatty acids, EPA and DHA from fish, offered a significant protective effect on cognitive (brain) function over a 5 year follow-up period. This benefit was found to be largely dose dependent. ... Continue Reading

Higher Blood Levels of Omega-3's from Fish Slow Cognitive (Brain) Decline in the Elderly

Blood plasma fatty acids are believed to play a role in cognitive (brain) function in the elderly. While obtaining data from 2,251 adults in Minneapolis for a cardiovascular disease trial, researchers collected blood samples to look at plasma fatty acids and their relation in cardiovascular disease. In a subgroup analysis... Continue Reading

Huge Study Found Vitamin E Reduced Risk of Blood Clots Up to 49%
Vitamin E supplementation was found to significantly reduce the risk of life-threatening blood clots in the veins (thromboembolisms).

According to the American Heart Association: “Over 200,000 new cases of Venous Thromboembolism occur annually. Of these, 30 percent die within 30 days, one-fifth suffer sudden death due to... Continue Reading

Researchers Continue to Recommend the Recommended Daily Intake (RDI) of Vitamin D be Raised Higher
During the past few years, increasing attention has been given to vitamin D, with medical studies documenting the wide range of health benefits this remarkable vitamin provides. As these medical studies have been published, more researchers have started questioning the current low recommended daily intake (RDIs) amounts and many have... Continue Reading
Vitamins E and C May Reduce Kidney Cancer Risk

Researchers in Italy have found that vitamins E and C may offer cancer protection for both men and women by reducing the risk of renal cell carcinomas, the most common form of kidney cancer. After adjusting for other risk factors such a smoking and age, researchers found that higher vitamin E intakes were associated with a 44... Continue Reading

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