Word: nutrient
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...incubator contains a nutrient-rich fluid with a ready-made growth factor which Erikkson said acts like "cell-feed." The wound heals faster because the fluid helps the cells fight infection, while the incubator protects the wound from external harm...
...repeatedly about all aspects of their health habits and diets. Those who took more vitamins tended to exercise more and have a somewhat healthier life-style, but even when researchers corrected for such differences, there was a major advantage for those who took at least 100 units of the nutrient daily for at least two years. Significantly, those who took just the recommended daily allowance (10 units), which can be obtained from such foods as nuts, whole-grain bread and vegetable oil, or even three times that amount showed no such advantage. On the other hand, there was no greater...
Typically vitamin E supplements and multi-vitamins such as those sold at drug stores contain 100 to 400 international units of the nutrient. This is far more than the average daily intake of the vitamin, usually about 10 to 15 units, Rimm said...
Rimm said that while natural vitamin E may be more efficiently metabolized, such effects are minimized when taking even synthetic supplements because the amount of the nutrient is so much more than normal intake...
While supplements can benefit, the "mega-dose," taking too much of a given nutrient, can be harmful, says Bleday. The mega-dose usually consists of 10 times...