“I call the issue of calcium and osteoporosis ‘tunnel vision nutrition’ because you cannot solve the problem of osteoporosis with calcium alone…”
Paul Lachance of the Nutraceuticals Institute speaking at the Worldnutra Conference held in Portland, OR, last November

“Although most older Americans (70%) take vitamins, minerals or herbs, and expect physicians to be a leading source of information about possible drug interaction, only 40% of older adults have received dietary supplement recommendations from their doctors. And healthcare professionals are advising women more than men. More than half of women (53% vs. 32% of men) agree with the statement, ‘My doctors have recommended that I take specific vitamins and/or minerals for my health.’”
Nationwide survey commissioned by NNFA, Newport Beach, CA

“Vitamin-popping teens may think taking daily supplements makes them healthier, according to a recent study. Results indicated that almost half of users took multivitamins, with vitamin C being the most popular supplement among the 35% who took single-ingredient supplements and just over 8% of vitamin users said they took three or more supplements per day. The investigators concluded that for these teens, supplements simply piled unnecessary vitamins on top of the adequate nutrition provided by food alone…”
Journal of the American Dietetic Association 2001;101:1340-1346

“Garlic supplements, often taken in hopes of lowering cholesterol, can seriously interfere with drugs used to treat the AIDS virus…Garlic is the second popular herbal remedy found to interact dangerously with prescription drugs. NIH researchers recruited 10 healthy volunteers, people who did not have HIV and gave them doses of an AIDS drug called saquinavir, which is a protease inhibitor…The volunteers took saquinavir for three days, after which researchers tested the drug’s level in their bloodstream. Then they took both saquinavir and garlic supplements for three weeks. Blood levels of the medication dropped 51% when it was taken with garlic.”
Journal of Clinical Infectious Diseases, December