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...First it was zinc for colds. Now studies of infants and children in developing countries show that zinc supplements can reduce the risk of pneumonia 42% and diarrhea 25%. What does the news mean for U.S. kids? They don't always get the recommended daily amount of zinc (5 mg for infants, 10 mg for preschoolers). So don't neglect zinc-rich foods like breast milk for babies and chicken and meat for older kids...
TIME LAPSE Sorry, jet-lag sufferers. A report shows that melatonin may be no better than a sugar pill in alleviating the sleepiness and disorientation of long-distance travel. Nearly 250 subjects were given either a placebo or one of two commonly used doses of melatonin (5 mg and .5 mg). Result: they all experienced similar jet-lag symptoms, and all recovered after about six days...
Although I take 250 mg of vitamin C each day, I'm pretty much a skeptic when it comes to dietary supplements. Most of the ones I've seen are basically patent medicines whose proponents, seizing on a few isolated facts about the body, tout a treatment plan that has more to do with magic than medicine. But occasionally a supplement like SAMe (pronounced sam-me) comes along that piques even my interest. It's supposed to combat depression, ease aching joints and possibly revitalize the liver. I'm not convinced these claims are true, but I think they...
Both men and women 50 or older should step up their calcium intake from about 1,000 mg a day to at least 1,200 mg. That's a lot. An 8-oz. glass of milk contains about 300 mg, an equal amount of yogurt the same. Hard cheese and calcium-fortified orange juice are helpful, as are soft-shell crabs and the bones of small fish. The general rule applies here too: consume as much calcium as you can through food, but for many it is hard to eat sardine skeletons daily...
BRAIN FOOD It may sound implausible, but researchers think a type of fat in fish--known as omega-3 fatty acids--could help people with manic depression. A preliminary report shows that patients who for four months took daily pills containing 10,000 mg of omega-3s (that's about five salmon steaks' worth) were twice as likely to go into remission as those on a placebo...