VITAMINTESTING.COM: Test Your Vitamin Levels

Reservatrol, found in red wine, has been shown to potentially lengthen your life.  Since the initial research findings, this supplement has become very popular.  With prices approaching $80 a bottle, people are scooping up this supplement.  The claims are based on lab studies in which worms, fruit flies, fish, and mice did indeed enjoy longer, friskier lives after eating food [...]

While Vitamin E is thought to be good, there has are no conclusive studies showing that it protects the heart or prevents cancer. And large doses can thin out the blood and may inclrease the risk of stroke in those with uncontrolled blood pressure.
The recommended daily allowance (RDA) is 15 mg of [...]

While taking vitamins is often thought to be a good thing, getting too much of them can simply be dangerous.
For instance, large doses of Vitamin E can increase the risk of bleeding if you’re on blood thinners.  Higher doses of this vitamin, according to researchers at Johns Hopkins University, was associated with a higher risk [...]

Excess amounts of Vitamin A acumulate and can eventually be toxic. Other effects of high levels of this vitamin include: blurred vision, headaches, vomiting and liver, bone and nervos system problems.
The RDA for men is 900 mcg and for women 700 mcg. Foods that are Vitamin A rich include: carrots, fortified cereals, dark [...]

If you’re taking Zinc supplements, beware. High doses can interfere with how your body metabolizes copper and iron, may weaken the immune system and may also reduce the levels of HDL (good cholestrol). It is unclear, since there are many studies with mixed results, if Zinc reduces the length of a common cold.
Zinc [...]

Vitamin D deficiencies are now thought to be rampant amongst kids.  While pediatricians thought the problem had been solved amongst children with Vitamin D fortification of milk, crereal and other foods, a number of studies shows that Vitamin D deficiency is much more of a health problem than anyone realized according to Catherine Gordon, director [...]

Several reports have come out, most recently by the Associated Press, that so-called “natural sexual enhancers” mjay contain unregulated versions of the very pharmaceuticals they are intended to replace.  While this may not sound dangerous, it is for tbe millions of men who take nitrates, drugs that help regulate blood pressure and treat heart disease.  [...]

According to recent studies reported in Parade Magazine, more than half of American women don’t get enought Vitamin D.  Our bodies manufacture Vitamin D when we’re out in the sun, yet many of us actively avoid the sun, use sunscreens and otherwise limit our exposure.  While all multivitamins contain vitamin D, and fortified foods also [...]

Even if you buy vitamin supplements that are manufactured in the US, chances are that the ingredients came from China.  In fact, a majority of vitamins A, B12, C and E are made in China.  In fact, in less than a decade, China has captured 90 percent of the U.S. market for Vitamin C.
So, why be concerned?  [...]

          
                   
Potential Risks of Using Dietary Supplements
    
Although certain products may be helpful to some people, there may be circumstances when these products can pose unexpected risks. Many supplements contain active ingredients that can have strong effects in the body. Taking a combination of supplements, using these products together with medicine, or substituting them in place [...]