Vitamin D supplements have no health benefits for most people:study

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.

  • byStuart Layt

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Can magnesium supplements really help you sleep?

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.

  • byAnahad O'Connor
Collagen supplements are all the rage. Are they worth splashing out on?

Collagen supplements are all the rage. Are they worth splashing out on?

They come with the promise of improved skin,hair and nails but experts want you to look a little deeper.

  • bySarah Berry
Research finds vitamin D does not protect against most cancers

Research finds vitamin D does not protect against most cancers

Vitamin D does not give any protection against most forms of cancer,new genetic analysis has confirmed.

  • byStuart Layt
The advantages of your supplements may be all in the mind

The advantages of your supplements may be all in the mind

The health benefits of taking multivitamins have more to do with positive thinking than any physiological effects,a new study suggests.

  • byLizzie Roberts
Blackmores banks on pets to overcome COVID crunch,drops Chinese medicine play

Blackmores banks on pets to overcome COVID crunch,drops Chinese medicine play

The vitamin maker tells investors it plans to focus on pet supplements and mental health products as it seeks to get back on its feet following a big pandemic hit.

  • byEmma Koehn
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Pooch pills:Blackmores'plan to turbocharge profits

Blackmores will be sitting on a goldmine if it can tap the $7.6 billion pet vitamin supplement market.

  • byElizabeth Knight
Can you really boost your immune system?

Can you really boost your immune system?

Unless someone has a specific deficiency,taking more vitamins than our body needs will not change levels of immune activity.

  • byDr Kate Gregorevic
Blackmores readies to catch coronavirus cold

Blackmores readies to catch coronavirus cold

The company has had some uplift from the sale of its immune support products,like Vitamin C,but with China practically in shut down mode things are looking poor.

  • bySarah Danckert
Fermented foods like kombucha are trendy,but they're not necessarily probiotics

Fermented foods like kombucha are trendy,but they're not necessarily probiotics

Do these foods offer true probiotic benefits? The short answer is probably not. But that doesn't mean they are without benefit.

  • byCarrie Dennett
If you're taking vitamin D and calcium routinely,maybe don't bother

If you're taking vitamin D and calcium routinely,maybe don't bother

New research busts myths about these two supplements being essential for certain groups.

  • bySarah Berry