Vitamins
Why your daily multivitamin won’t help you live longer
The findings of a new study add to existing research that shows multivitamins do little to make those without vitamin deficiencies healthier.
- by Lauren Ironmonger
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How humans are taking whale food and feeding it to cats and dogs
“It’s like a dystopian, post-apocalyptic David Attenborough documentary where you have penguins swimming on one side and a massive trawler on the other.”
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
In sunny Australia, why are so many people vitamin D deficient?
Doctors are rethinking how we tell Australians to manage sun exposure, amid high vitamin D deficiency.
- by Mary Ward
The people unknowingly poisoning themselves with common vitamins
Gillian Clarke lost the feeling in her feet, but it took a decade to realise the two tablets she took every day might be responsible.
- by Angus Thomson
Do we really need to take supplements? It’s complicated
For some people, vitamins and supplements are necessary for health. For others, they can be costly and even dangerous.
- by Alice Callahan
‘Highest in the world’: Why we can’t stop spending on health
Household budgets may be tighter than ever, but from vitamin gummies to iron supplements, we’re still spending up at the pharmacy.
- by Emma Koehn
Vitamin prices jump as inflation hits popular supplements
Blackmores is the latest consumer goods operator to be hit by rising production costs.
- by Emma Koehn
‘We’ve had enough’: Blackmores’ biggest shareholder hits out
The ASX-listed vitamin maker has copped a first strike on executive pay as Marcus Blackmore takes the board to task for poor performance.
- by Emma Koehn
Multivitamins continue to disappoint. That tells us something important about science
Although Australians spend an estimated $3.1 billion a year on dietary and vitamin supplements, there is now plenty of evidence multivitamins do not work for people who do not have a vitamin deficiency.
- by Liam Mannix
Vitamin D supplements have no health benefits for most people: study
Vitamin D supplements do not prolong life expectancy and have no benefit as a general health measure, a major study has found.
- by Stuart Layt
Can magnesium supplements really help you sleep?
Magnesium is often touted as an antidote to poor sleep and while some doctors say it is fine to take the supplement for certain sleep disruptions, the evidence for its sleep-inducing benefits is thin.
- by Anahad O'Connor
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