How much calcium should I get? What about vitamin B12? If you're curious to know how much you need each day of your basic vitamins and minerals, this chart is for you! It tells you the recommended daily intake (RDI) of each nutrient, and what you need to eat to obtain it. Read more

DrSugar is in the house! And she's answering your health-related questions. Dear DrSugar, Just wondering if there is an ideal time of day, absorption-wise, to take multivitamins and supplements. Specifically, upon rising, before retiring, or somewhere in between. Thanks! — Vitamin Curious Thanks for a wonderful question. As I’ve mentioned before, multivitamins can be a very important Read more

When it comes to taking a multivitamin on a daily basis, 56 percent of FitSugar readers are believers, while some take them occasionally to help supplement their diet or as a health insurance against colds and other viruses. For those that believe in the power of the vitamin, it is recommended that one should split it in half and take one portion in the morning and the rest in the evening. Doing Read more

DrSugar is in the house! And she's answering your health-related questions, like this one submitted in our Ask Anything group. Q: Does it matter which brand of vitamins I take? Are the more expensive ones better for you? A: This is a great question to ask because I'm sure many of FitSugar's readers, including me, have become perplexed and overwhelmed when at the health food store or vitamin store Read more

We all know that sunscreen is a tool to protect our skin against a host of ailments, including cancer and premature aging, but according to the Environmental Working Group, vitamin A derivatives retinol and retinyl palmitate, which are a popular additive in antiaging sunscreens, could speed the development of tumors when used on skin that's being exposed to the sun. It's pretty common knowledge Read more

You might know that Gwyneth Paltrow's GOOP newsletters, while sometimes mocked by bloggers, actually do contain lots of great content straight from industry insiders. And whether you're a fan or not, you have to give the longtime actress credit for her efforts in trying to bring insider tidbits to the masses. Today's edition is one after my own heart, offering up some pretty cool hairstyle tips Read more

Children may be the sunshine of our lives, but they are not getting enough exposure to the source itself. Following the recommendation of the American Academy of Pediatrics to double lil ones' daily dose of Vitamin D a year and a half ago, a new study shows that few kids are actually receiving the recommended dosage. In this week's edition of Pediatrics, researchers found that only 1-13 percent Read more

If you down your vitamins with a little bit of tap water, chances are high you store them in your bathroom or kitchen. Unfortunately, a new study indicates that the watery elements of those two rooms make them the worst places to keep these pills. High humidity and high temperatures, often found in both the kitchen and bathroom, can degrade the potency and decrease the shelf life of certain Read more