For this video tutorial, I'm going to review 5 research
articles which support the use of routine vitamin-mineral supplementation
for health-promotion and disease prevention.
I've chosen these articles from among several hundred
articles as "representative examples" of peer-reviewed medical research
which serve to answer the commonly asked question, "Why should people
take vitamin and mineral supplements?"
These articles discuss the use of
multivitamin-multimineral supplementation in general rather than focusing on
a particular disease or a specific nutrient. Also, this brief review does
not include information about botanical medicines, pharmaceutical drugs,
or the holistic and integrative clinical approaches that we use clinically
with patients and which are detailed in my textbooks for doctors. This is
simply a quick review of vitamin and mineral supplementation for general
purposes of health promotion.
We are in
the process of updating this video from our previous site to reflect the new
products we now carry. The products we now recommend are listed here (Multi-Pro-Vit,
Combination
Fatty Acids,
CoEnzyme Q-10 caps)
and illustrated below.
People feel better and better when following a health-promoting
lifestyle--it is the benefits of improved health that helps to keep people
"on track" with their diet, exercise, and healthy relationships
Correction: There is more to satiety than pure volume of food; fat and
protein are actually more effective than carbohydrates for appetite
satisfaction (Dr Ornish is a bit biased in favor of vegetarian diets).
Fish oil: "Three grams per day of
fish oil can
reduce your risk of heart attack and sudden death by 50-80% ... It
also helps reduce your risk of the most common cancers like breast,
prostate, and colon cancers."
Very impressive data on the dietary inhibition of cardiovascular disease
and prostate cancer.
Honey tastes sweet due to its combination of simple sugars, and the
health benefits come from the rich mix of antioxidants.
In clinical trials with humans, honey has demonstrated antioxidant and
anti-inflammatory benefits.
One clinical trial suggests that honey can alleviate allergic conditions
via its anti-inflammatory effect in general and specifically by its ability
to reduce serum IgE, the antibody that plays a crucial role in the
development of most typical allergic reactions.
This is a
very generalized and understated customer information video by CVS pharmacy
to inform their customers about fish oil's many benefits. In
particular, this video is probably intended to promote the use of
"prescription only" fish oil supplements that cost about $170 per month.
These semi-synthetic fish oil supplements provide benefit over placebo, but
they do not provide the benefits of
combination fatty acid
supplementation which has extensive research supporting its superior
effectiveness, as reviewed by Dr Vasquez in
Part 1 published in 2004 and
Part 2 published in 2005.
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