There may be good reason to use supplements for vegan women: white vegan women close to menopause have a 55% greater risk for hip fracture.
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There may be good reason to use supplements for vegan women: white vegan women close to menopause have a 55% greater risk for hip fracture.
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Some supplements may actually be harmful for cardiovascular health.
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Supplements can be dangerous. If you pile a few different types on top of one another, and then pile those on top of the vitamins and minerals you’re already getting from food—itself commonly fortified or enriched with extra vitamins in the United States—you could very well be megadosing lots of different substances without realizing it. In the short term, with most supplement ingredients, that’s probably fine—they are water-soluble, which means you’ll excrete the excess in urine. But for fat-soluble vitamins such as A, D, and E, as well as minerals such as calcium and iron, according to Price, the overage can accumulate in bodily tissues over time. That helps make multivitamins an overdose risk and can cause serious problems—hair loss, fainting, cardiac issues, seizures, coma, and even death. One recent survey found that one in eight people said either they or a member of their immediate family had experienced a severe side effect after taking a dietary supplement.
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Doctors are being warned about a dangerous pre-workout trend called dry scooping that some gym-goers are doing.
It involves eating powder supplements neat, rather than diluting them in water, as recommended by manufacturers, to make a drink.
Researchers, who are giving a talk at a US medical conference, are worried young teens may try it, spurred on by a flurry of internet videos of the fad.
They scanned TikTok, counting the millions of likes.
Health warning
Pre-workout powders typically contain lots of amino acids, vitamins and other ingredients, such as caffeine.
The idea is to give the body a boost before a workout to help stamina, although the science around it is patchy.
But there are known risks from taking on too many energy-boosting stimulants.
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Researchers say cases linked to products claiming to promote muscle growth or weight loss are rising and more rigorous oversight is needed
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Some supplements pose risks to heart health. For example, red yeast rice supplements can amplify the effects of cholesterol-lowering medications. And garlic supplements can increase the levels and effects of some medications for heart health, suc