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NICOTINIC ACID In large doses, this B vitamin cuts LDL 30%, triglyceride levels as much as 55% and increases HDL 35%. The dosage that's needed, however, is up to 70 times the recommended daily allowance, and it comes at a price. Many patients experience flushing, itching and panic attacks. Adjusting the dose, taking an aspirin 30 min. beforehand, or taking the medication on a full stomach alleviates some of the symptoms...
Your short item on B-vitamin folate and its connection to various medical conditions [HEALTH, May 24] included a conclusion from the New England Journal of Medicine that folate deficiency in the U.S. has "virtually disappeared." That is not only wrong but also poses a very real threat to millions of women of childbearing...
BONE BUILDERS Elderly women concerned about osteoporosis may have a kinder, gentler way to build strong bones. Low doses of hormone-replacement therapy, combined with calcium and vitamin D supplements, produce minimal side effects and may increase bone mass just as effectively as today's higher-dose hormone regimens...
Calcium is not absorbed by the body without vitamin D. The ultraviolet rays of the sun manufacture D in the skin, but the efficiency of the factory declines with age. It drops even further if you live in the northern half of the country, where the sun is too low on the horizon half the year to help, and even lower if you keep your skin covered to protect it from cancer...
...year-old needs 400 IUs (international units) of vitamin D a day, twice as much as a 30-year-old. A 70-year-old needs 600 units a day. Milk and some breakfast cereals and breads are fortified with D. However, you have to drink a quart of milk to get even 400 IUs. Again, a supplement makes sense. And because your body adjusts bone mass to the loads your skeleton is called upon to support, it is important to do weight-bearing exercises...