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Fish Oil Supplement Research Remains Murky
Polyunsaturated omega-3 fatty acids are important parts of a healthy diet, but supplement studies have numerous sampling problems
- Melinda Wenner Moyer
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A treatable form of autism
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Amino-acid deficiency underlies rare form of autism
Genetic mutations in metabolic pathway could be fixed with nutritional supplement.
- Ewen Callaway
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Friendly bacteria move in mysterious ways
Probiotic yoghurts have only a small effect on gut bacteria.
- Ed Yong
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Nutrition advice: The vitamin D-lemma
A vociferous debate about vitamin-D supplementation reveals the difficulty of distilling strong advice from weak evidence.
- Amy Maxmen
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Taming psoriasis with vitamin D
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The diet–microbe morbid union
A common dietary component that some people even take as a supplement is converted by the gut microbiota to harmful metabolites linked to heart disease. This finding has cautionary implications. See Article p.57
- Kimberly Rak
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Technology: A flavour of the future
Health biomarkers, smart technology and social networks are hastening an era of nutrition tailored to your individual needs but relying on information generated by the crowd.
- Arran Frood
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Microbiology: Bacteria for breakfast
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Buyer beware
Lack of US regulation is allowing dubious dietary supplements to be sold as life-enhancing elixirs.
Nutrition: The vitamin D complex