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NUTRITIONALLY ENHANCED Eggs' levels of omega-3 fatty acids or vitamin E are raised by adjusting feed. Next: eggs with boosted lutein, which may help ward off blindness...
...preliminary but promising finding in lung cancer, doctors discovered that a special form of vitamin A might reverse some of the changes in lung tissue caused by smoking. In a small study, former smokers who took the vitamin A derivative produced higher levels of a protein thought to be important in suppressing tumor growth than ex-smokers who took a placebo...
...well-documented link to skin cancer, we should avoid it at all costs, right? Not necessarily. A preliminary study suggests that working outdoors or living in a sunny climate may reduce the risk of breast and colon cancers. Possible reason: the sun triggers the production of vitamin D, which may slow cancer-cell division. But remember, don't hang out in the sun without adequate protection...
...Neither food nor drugs, they don't have to be proved safe or effective before being sold in the U.S. If there's something wrong with them, the burden of proof falls on the FDA, which does not have the money or the staff to evaluate every new herb, vitamin, mineral and enzyme that comes to market. "We don't have a lot of resources," acknowledges Dr. Christine Taylor, who heads the FDA office that handles dietary supplements...
...course the best source of any vitamin is a healthy diet. For those of us who still don't eat our beans and vegetables, most multivitamins contain the recommended daily folic-acid dose of 400 micrograms. (Eating four slices of enriched bread gives you the equivalent of roughly 100 micrograms.) There is no risk of overdose, although high levels of folic acid can mask the signs of pernicious anemia in people who have developed the disorder. Folic acid by itself may not keep the doctor away, but there's no harm trying...