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Vitamin supplements don’t make a difference, research shows

Vitamin supplements don't make a difference, research shows

You can’t hide from a poor diet. People who rely on popular vitamin and mineral supplements to make up for deficiencies in daily nutrient intake are likely just wasting their money on expensive pills, a new study shows. According to a five-year study that ran from 2012 to 2017, the most common supplements — vitamin C, vitamin D, calcium, and multivitamins — surprisingly did nothing to prevent health threats like heart attacks, cardiovascular disease, strokes, or death. “We were surprised to find so few positive effects of the most common supplements that people consume,” said Dr. David Jenkins, the study’s lead author, in a statement. “Our review found that if you want to use multivitamins, vitamin D, calcium or vitamin C, it does no harm — but there is no apparent advantage either.” The study was published the Journal of the American College of Cardiology and examined the use of A, B1, B2,…

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These 10 foods have more potassium than that boring banana

These 10 foods that have more potassium than your boring banana

If you know just one thing about potassium, it’s probably that it’s found in bananas.  Bananas are a portable, tasty source of potassium, but there other great foods that can help you reach your recommended daily intake, too. Potassium plays many important roles in the human body. You don’t hear as much about potassium as you do with say, vitamin C, fiber or even omega-3s, but 100,000 times every day, this electrolyte helps to trigger your heart to pump blood to the rest of of you body. It helps your muscles to move, your bones to stay strong and your nervous system to communicate. Low potassium intake has been linked with high blood pressure and kidney stones, according the National Institutes of Health. Less than two percent of people in the U.S. get the recommended 4,700 mg daily recommendation of potassium, according to The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). Yes, that means a whopping 98 percent of…

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