If you travel overseas and you’re a fan of herbal medicines, heed this warning! In 2018, a University of Adelaide forensic pathologist in cautions that potentially harmful substances found in herbal medicines may be playing a bigger role in deaths of “health tourists” than previously thought. Professor Roger Byard is calling for closer checks during… Continue reading Herbal Medicines May Be Tainted – Especially Those Sourced Overseas
Category: Dietary Supplements
Drinking Beetroot Juice Can Benefit Your Brain
Drinking a beetroot juice supplement before working out makes the brain of an older adult perform more efficiently, mirroring the operations of a younger brain, according to a new study by scientists at Wake Forest University. “We knew, going in, that a number of studies had shown that exercise has positive effects on the brain,”… Continue reading Drinking Beetroot Juice Can Benefit Your Brain
Iron Supplements for Anemia: Lower Doses May Be Best
On November 10th 2015, thirdAGE published the breaking news about the new, lower blood pressure guidelines. Now the University of Utah has since issued an release that highlights the fact that for older people, there may be both benefits and drawbacks to lowering systolic blood pressure from the previous gold standard of 140 mmHG to… Continue reading Iron Supplements for Anemia: Lower Doses May Be Best
For Some Older Women, Calcium Supplements Up Risk of Kidney Stones
Calcium and vitamin D are commonly recommended for older women, but the usual supplements may send calcium excretion and blood levels too high for some women, according to a study published online June 18th 2014 in Menopause, the journal of The North American Menopause Society. Excess blood and urine calcium levels may lead to kidney stones or other problems. The study will be published in the November 2014 print edition of Menopause.