Tag: vitamins

Chatelaine article: The right supplements for you

Vitamins can heal – or harm. Here's the inside scoop on supplement safety.

Bill C-51 may put Canadians at risk

Should our vitamins be treated like prescription drugs? Should prescription drug be fast tracked onto the market without clinical testing?

Canadians need more sunshine

Summer is time to throw off the yoke of winter but also get those pale bodies out into the sunshine, without sunscreen. Canadians are already at high risk for being vitamin D deficient because of our feeble sunlight during fall and winter. So, we need more of the sunshine vitamin when we can get it.

You are what you eat

"Let your food be your medicine and your medicine your food." Hippocrates

Popping the right pill

We can’t always eat right, so choosing the right vitamin is a vital part of living a healthy lifestyle. But beware, experts say, too much of a good thing can be hazardous to your health.