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Dietary supplement use, albeit nutritional products or alternative medicines, is a very lucrative industry that is for the most part riddled with overly auspicious claims in support of the notion they are a panacea.

This week JAMA sought to puncture one component of the supplement bubble, the promised prophylactic benefit of Calcium and Vitamin D supplements in preventing fractures.

Vitamin D status and supplements seem to have become a societal preoccupation. Encouraging the latter’s use as a cure-all, the “magic bullet” commercialization of vitamins and supplements has created a multi-billion dollar industry.

A growing number of parents choose to opt out of giving children their daily dose of milk, and switching to alternatives like almond milk or cashew milk.

Our nerves, muscles, veins, and arteries all depend on calcium to function. If we don't get enough calcium in our diet, our bodies will take some from our bones — that's a no-no.

Two new

Two recent studies on the health