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Get to Know Vitamin A
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Get to Know Vitamin A

BY AMY CAMPBELL, MS, RD, LDN, CDCES | JANUARY 11, 2023 This is the first piece in a series on vitamins and minerals, also called micronutrients. In this series, we’ll cover what each micronutrient does, food sources, supplements, and signs of deficiencies and excess. Think of vitamin A and you might think about your eyes...

Not all micronutrients are created equal: Study identifies some supplements that benefit cardiovascular health
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Not all micronutrients are created equal: Study identifies some supplements that benefit cardiovascular health

by American College of Cardiology Credit: Journal of the American College of Cardiology (2022). DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2022.09.048 Healthy diets are rich in antioxidants like amino acids, omega-3 fatty acids and vitamin C, but exactly how beneficial these micronutrients are for cardiovascular health has long been controversial. Now a new meta-analysis published in the Journal of the American College of...

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Micronutrients (vitamins + minerals) show benefit for children with ADHD and emotional dysregulation

ELSEVIER Washington, DC, April 26, 2022 – A study in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP), published by Elsevier, reports that children with ADHD and emotional regulation randomized to take a micronutrient formula were three times more likely to show symptomatic improvement on blinded clinician ratings, compared to those in the placebo group (54%...