Word: multivitamin
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...ordinarily be taken into the body is flushed right through the digestive system. Unfortunately, so are vitamins A, D, E and K, which bind to fat molecules. To make sure that patients don't develop vitamin deficiencies, the FDA requires that the Xenical label recommend that users take a multivitamin two hours before or after taking the drug...
...what should you do if you're worried about colon cancer? Current evidence suggests you take a multivitamin that contains 400 micrograms of folic acid, don't smoke, avoid eating red meat more than five times a week and get plenty of exercise. Whatever you do, don't use the Nurses' Health Study as an excuse to skimp on fruits and vegetables. The rest of your body may never forgive...
...Annals of Internal Medicine, details the results of a 15-year study of 121,700 registered nurses. The researchers, headed by SPH Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Department of Nutrition Edward L. Giovannucci, found that of the 88,756 nurses eligible for the study, those who had taken multivitamin substitutes containing folic acid, otherwise known as folate, for more than 15 years had a markedly lower chance of getting colon cancer...
...study found that those women whose daily folate intake exceeded 400 micrograms due to continued use of multivitamin supplements for more than 15 years reduced their risk of getting colon cancer by 75 percent...
Jill Macquarrie '00 of Lowell House said she takes the multivitamin Centrum because "it sort of guarantees that you get everything...