Archive for the ‘vitamins’ Category

Yesterday, Dr. Saunders shared about “too much of a good thing”

Today we bring you:

Part II: Inhibition of Mineral Absorption

Sometimes supplements interact with each other in various ways.  We take large amounts of one supplement which inhibits other nutrients in the body. 

Selenium showed great promise for preventing cancer in several studies so the “Nutritional Prevention of Cancer” trial was begun to see if it could prevent malignant melanoma.  It didn’t seem to work for melanoma, but it …

Dr. Saunders recently wrote a long article about everything you always wanted to know about vitamins and supplements (but we’re afraid to ask).

Today we’re posting Part I: Too much of a good thing…

Hilda is in her eighties and very active with no medical problems.  She came to see me with a two-page list of vitamins and supplements that she was taking.  It turns out she gets a magazine that’s really a catalog with advertising for a supplement company …