Vitamin C nutriture has little short-term effect on vitamin E concentrations in healthy women

ABSTRACT To determine whether the postulated sparing effect of vitamin E by ascorbic acid (AA) is important for human nutrition, we studied vitamin E status in 20 healthy pre-menopausal women (age 2043 y) with high or low vitamin C intakes for 6 wk in a live-in metabolic unit. The experimental diet

Publication: The Journal of Nutrition

Vitamin K Deficiency

Vitamin K Deficiency Definition Vitamin K deficiency exists when chronic failure to eat sufficient amounts of vitamin K results in a tendency for spontaneous bleeding or in prolonged and excessive bleeding with trauma or injury. Vitamin K deficiency occurs also in newborn infants, as well as in

Publication: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.

Vitamin D Deficiency Is Associated With Worse Cognitive Performance and Lower Bone Density in Older African Americans

Funding/Support: This study was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health: K23 AG026768 (C.H.W P01 AG03991 (J.C.M P50 AG05681 (J.C.M.) and the Michigan Center for Urban African American Aging Research (C.H.W Background: Vitamin D deficiency is common in older adults and is more

Publication: Journal of the National Medical Association

Vitamin E and C Still Safe to Take at Higher Doses!

The authors of three recent studies, each of which received unprecedented media attention, suggested that vitamin E supplementation at or above 400IU per day may produce dangerous and life-threatening side-effects. One study also suggested that vitamin C supplementation may also increase death from

Publication: Dynamic Chiropractic

Vitamin D in the spotlight

An expanded role emerges for promoting health. Vitamin D is best known for its key role in forming and maintaining strong bones. Yet research is revealing that vitamin D may play additional roles in a growing list of benefits, and experts around the world are calling for a reassessment of dietary

Publication: International News on Fats, Oils and Related Materials : INFORM

Vitamin B-12 deficiency is very prevalent in lactating Guatemalan women and their infants at three months postpartum

Vitamin B-12 Deficiency Is Very Prevalent in Lactating Guatemalan Women and Their Infants at Three Months Postpartuml1,2,3 Jennifer E. Casterline, Lindsay H. Allen4, and Marie T. Ruel5 ABSTRACT Vitamin B-12 status was evaluated in 113 Guatemalan women and their infants at 3 mo of lactation. Plasma

Publication: The Journal of Nutrition

Vitamin A intake affects the contribution of chylomicrons vs. retinol-binding protein to milk vitamin A in lactating rats

Vitamin A Intake Affects the Contribution of Chylomicrons vs. Retinol-Binding Protein to Milk Vitamin A in Lactating Rats1 (Manuscript received 13 October 2000; Initial review completed 5 December 2000; Revision accepted 17 January 2001) Nutrient Metabolism-Research Communication ABSTRACT To

Publication: The Journal of Nutrition

Vitamin Deficiency

Rachel Neiman Jerusalem Post 08-07-1996 For anyone raised in America, popping a vitamin pill every day seems as natural as it would seem unusual almost anywhere else. The so-called Americanization of Israel has brought about, for better or for worse, a higher awareness of vitamins, minerals and

Publication: Jerusalem Post

Vitamin D Deficiency in Pregnancy: Bringing the Issues to Light

In this issue of The Journal of Nutrition, Bodnar et al. (1) provide compelling evidence that 1) pregnant women and their neonates living in the northern U.S. are at risk of vitamin D deficiency, 2) this problem is worse for blacks than whites, 3) seasonal variation contributes little to vitamin D

Publication: The Journal of Nutrition

Vitamin C Deficiency Increases the Lung Pathology of Influenza Virus-Infected Gulo-/- Mice1

Abstract This study was designed to determine the effects of vitamin C deficiency on the immune response to infection with influenza virus. L-Gulono947;-lactone oxidase gene-inactivated mice (gulo mice) require vitamin C supplementation for survival. Five-wk-old male and female gulo mice were

Publication: The Journal of Nutrition