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Can Taking Vitamins Be Dangerous?

By Joy Bauer — 2007

The Journal of the American Medical Association published a study that not only questioned the efficacy of antioxidant supplements, but also their safety. TODAY nutritionist Joy Bauer breaks down the results and how you can take the right vitamins safely.

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“When we cut down the old-growth forests, we are potentially losing genomic libraries that could have a strain of fungi that could have enormous implications for human biosecurity, and moreover, habitat health,” says mycologist Paul Stamets.

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Rochelle Baker
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The Steve Irwin of Mushrooms: Paul Stamets Works to Save Rare Ancient Fungus to Protect Us From Pandemics

Now, the famous mushroom scientist wants to create a research station on a remote island to protect old-growth forests containing a rare type of ancient fungus which he believes could protect people against COVID-19, or even future pandemics.

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Andy Corbley
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Françoise Bourzat: Consciousness Guide, Author, and Entheogenic Explorer

For those psychedelic users who experience post-use “spiritual comedowns”, psychedelic withdrawals, or a general sense of dopamine depletion, what can be done to alleviate these symptoms?

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Niki Perlberg
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Nature’s 9 Most Powerful Medicinal Plants and the Science Behind Them

While these manufactured drugs have certainly become paramount in our lives, it can be comforting to know that the power of nature is on our side, and these herbal choices are available to complement our health practices. But the extent of the power they hold is also still being explored.

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Shelby Deering
2019
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Revisiting an Ancient Theory of Herbalism

In our own era of mysterious diseases, the supposition that some plants might cure the human organs they most resemble is surfacing once more.

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Amanda Fortini
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Fact or Fiction?: Vitamin Supplements Improve Your Health

Americans pour billions of dollars into supplements every year—an investment in health or money down the drain?

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Coco Ballantyne
2007
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Five Vitamins and Supplements That Might Actually Be Worth Taking

In the last few years, a number of studies published in the Annals of Internal Medicine underscored a fact that scientists have become increasingly sure of: The vast majority of vitamins and mineral supplements are simply not worth taking.

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Joseph Stromberg
2014
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Is There Really Any Benefit to Multivitamins?

Half of all American adults—including 70 percent of those age 65 and older—take a multivitamin or another vitamin or mineral supplement regularly.

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Hopkins Medicine Staff
2020
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High-Dose Vitamin C: Can It Kill Cancer Cells?

Interest in using very high doses of vitamin C as a cancer treatment began as long ago as the 1970s when it was discovered that some properties of the vitamin may make it toxic to cancer cells.

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Karthik Giridhar
2020
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More Matters: Treating Illness with Megadose Vitamin C

One of the most famous examples of the healing power of vitamin C is that of former U.S. diplomat and author, Norman Cousins, who in 1964 was diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis, an extremely painful degenerative condition of the connective tissue of the spine.

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Dr. Habib Sadeghi and Dr. Shahrzad (Sherry) Sami
2020
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