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1 DrSugar Answers: Timing With Vitamins?
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2 Vitamins: Water-Soluble vs. Fat-Soluble
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3 What to Eat to Get the RDI of Vitamins and Minerals
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4 What is the Deal With: Folate
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6 The Skinny on: Vitamins vs. Minerals
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7 Water-Soluble vs. Fat-Soluble Vitamins
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8 RDI Reminder: How Much Do I Need Again?
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9 Vitamins and Coffee: A Bad Mix
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10 Get the Bod: Hilary Swank Believes in Moderation
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11 DrSugar Answers: Are Expensive Vitamins Better?
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12 Label Able: USP Verified Supplement Mark
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13 Fit Tip: How to Squeeze More Out of Your Multivitamin
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14 Know your A, B, Cs: Riboflavin
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15 Are Your Cabinets Filled With Vitamins?
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16 Healthy Honey
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17 DrSugar Answers: Taking a Multi-Vitamin?
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18 Fit Gift: Sport Jelly Bellies Stocking Stuffer
Some days I feel like my vitamins and supplements are holding my apartment hostage. In a small city space, if I'm not constantly cleaning up, my dresser and medicine cabinet get a little overwhelmed whenever there's a new addition. While some ladies have their own go-to morning cocktail of nutrients and vitamins women may not be getting enough of and others don't worry about vitamin deficiencies Read more
With weight loss on many a woman's brain, limiting calories and certain types of food can mean not getting your fill of essential vitamins and minerals. While maintaining a healthy weight is important for optimum health, make sure your diet includes these important nutrients as well. Source: Flickr User JMacPherson, Thinkstock, and Flickr User ilovemypit Read more
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
D is for dairy, and for daylight, which also happen to be two good sources of vitamin D. Now that the days are getting longer and we're heading into Summer, it's even easier to get your daily dose of D. Just don't forget the sunscreen! How much vitamin D do you really need, and where can you get it? Take my quiz and see if you can ace your D knowledge. Take the Quiz 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
What moms-to-be eat affects their growing babies. While they don't need to consume too many extra calories (300 per day) while pregnant, it's what one puts in her mouth that counts. Expectant women should keep all the vital vitamins and minerals that contribute to their child's development in mind when making meal choices. To make it easy, we've rounded up the recommended daily doses and the Read more
