Health Supplement References

A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Clinical Trial of High-Dose Supplementation With Vitamins C and E, Beta Carotene, and Zinc for Age-Related Macular Degeneration and Vision Loss

http://archopht.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/119/10/1439

NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE

The Effect of Vitamin A on Epithelial Integrity

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10466169

The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology

The contribution of vitamin A to public health

http://www.fasebj.org/content/10/9/1040.short

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Vitamin A Deficiency Among Children - Federated States f Micronesia, 2000

http://jama.ama-assn.org/content/286/6/667.full

JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Vitamin A supplementation and child mortality. A meta-analysis

http://jama.ama-assn.org/content/269/7/898.short

Journal of Leukocyte Biology

Nutrients and their role in host resistance to infection

http://www.jleukbio.org/content/71/1/16.abstract

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Vitamin C

Urgent Update on Ubiquinone (Coenzyme Q10)

http://faculty.washington.edu/~ely/turnover.html

Vitamin C and Vascular Disease

by Ron Kennedy, M.D., Santa Rosa, California

http://www.medical-library.net/sites/vitamin_c_and_vascular_disease.html

Exploring Oxidative Stress And Nitrosative Stress With OxisResearch

http://www.oxisresearch.com/library/oxidative_stress.shtml

Morphological detection and quantification of lipoprotein (a) deposition in atheromatous lesions of human aorta and coronary arteries

Axel Niendorf, Matthias Rath, Katrin Wolf, Susanne Peters, Hartmut Arps, Ulrike Beisiegel, and Manfred Dietel

http://www4.dr-rath-foundation.org/THE_FOUNDATION/About_Dr_Matthias_Rath/publications/pub02.htm

Linus Pauling lectures on Vitamin C and Heart Disease

http://www.lbl.gov/Science-Articles/Archive/pauling-and-vitamin-c.html

ONE PHARMACIST’S VIEW OF CORONARY HEART DISEASE: COMPARING THE “LIPID THEORY” WITH THE “UNIFIED THEORY”

http://www.ourhealthcoop.com/pdf/MikeCiell_unified_theory.pdf

American Family Physician

Can Vitamins Help with Heart Disease?

http://www.aafp.org/afp/990901ap/990901f.html

National Library of Medicine

Inhibition of human leukocyte 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase activity by ascorbic acid. An effect mediated by the free radical monodehydroascorbate

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3711081

American Heart Association

Vitamins restore blood vessel performance in kids with high cholesterol

http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3014426

Vitamin C beats statins in cholesterol - heart disease

http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/2003/11/09/vitamin_c_beats_statins_in_cholesterol_heart_disease.htm

Potential Adverse Effects of Statins on Muscle

http://www.rednova.com/news/display/?id=148015&source=r_health

American Heart Association

Ascorbic Acid Status and Subsequent Diastolic and Systolic Blood Pressure

http://hyper.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/37/2/261

Archives of Neurology

Reduced Risk of Alzheimer Disease in Users of Antioxidant Vitamin Supplements

http://archneur.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/61/1/82

American Heart Association

Plasma Vitamin C Modifies the Association Between Hypertension and Risk of Stroke

http://stroke.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/33/6/1568

Neurology Reviews

Vitamin C May Reduce Risk of Stroke

http://www.neurologyreviews.com/nov00/nr_nov00_vitc.html

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Antioxidant vitamins and coronary heart disease risk

http://www.ajcn.org/content/80/6/1508.full

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Vitamins E and C are safe across a broad range of intakes

http://www.ajcn.org/content/81/4/736.abstract

Cardioretinometry

Dr. Sydney J Bush. PhD. DOpt. (IOSc. London)

http://www.hullcontactlensclinic.co.uk/cardior.htm

Council for Responsible Nutrition, Washington, DC, USA

Vol. 81, No. 4, 736-745, April 2005

Vitamins E and C are safe across a broad range of intakes

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15817846

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Vitamin D

JAMA

Vitamins for Chronic Disease Prevention in Adults

http://jama.ama-assn.org/content/287/23/3116.abstract

National Library of Medicine

What Was Wrong With Tiny Tim

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1340779

JAMA

Vitamin D Deficiency a Significant Problem

http://jama.ama-assn.org/content/292/12/1416.extract

NAtional Institutes of Health

Osteoporosis Overview

http://www.niams.nih.gov/Health_Info/Bone/Osteoporosis/osteoporosis_hoh.asp#9

JAMA

Osteoporosis, Prevention, Diagnosis and Therapy

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11176917

Vitamin D improves symptoms of knee osteoarthritis

http://www.nutraingredients.com/Research/Vitamin-D-improves-symptoms-of-knee-osteoarthritis

JAMA

Steps Toward Understanding, Alleviating Osteoarthritis Will Help Aging Population

http://jama.ama-assn.org/content/282/11/1023.extract

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Vitamin D supplementation, 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations, and safety

http://www.ajcn.org/content/69/5/842.full

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Vitamin E

Exploring Oxidative Stress And Nitrosative Stress With OxisResearch

http://www.oxisresearch.com/library/oxidative_stress.shtml

JAMA

Serial coronary angiographic evidence that antioxidant vitamin intake reduces progression of coronary artery atherosclerosis

http://jama.ama-assn.org/content/273/23/1849.abstract

The Linus Pauling Institute

Unraveling the Conflicting Studies on Vitamin E and Heart Disease

Jeffrey Blumberg, Ph.D., F.A.C.N

Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts

http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/ss02/blumberg.html

The New England Journal of Medicine

Vitamin E Consumption and the Risk of Coronary Disease in Women

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8479463

The New England Journal of Medicine

Vitamin E Consumption and the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease in Men

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8479464

Archives of Neurology

Reduced Risk of Alzheimer Disease in Users of Antioxidant Vitamin Supplements

http://archneur.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/61/1/82

Archives of Neurology

Vitamin E and Cognitive Decline in Older Persons

http://archneur.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/59/7/1125

Council for Responsible Nutrition

Vitamins E and C Confirmed Safe at High Doses

http://www.crnusa.org/PR05_042905_AJCN_EandC.html

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Vitamin B6

Journal of the American Medical Association

Vitamins for Chronic Disease Prevention in Adults

http://jama.ama-assn.org/content/287/23/3116.abstract

The Swiss Heart Study

Effect of Homocysteine-Lowering Therapy With Folic Acid, Vitamin B12, and Vitamin B6 on Clinical Outcome After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

http://jama.ama-assn.org/content/287/23/3116.abstract

Harvard Health Publications

B vitamins and homocysteine

http://www.health.harvard.edu/newsweek/B_vitamins_and_homocysteine.htm

Journal of the American Medical Association

Folate and Vitamin B6 From Diet and Supplements in Relation to Risk of Coronary Heart Disease Among Women

http://jama.ama-assn.org/content/279/5/359.short

Journal of the American Medical Association

Vitamin status and intake as primary determinants of homocysteinemia in an elderly population

http://jama.ama-assn.org/content/270/22/2693.abstract

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Relations of vitamin B-12, vitamin B-6, folate, and homocysteine to cognitive performance in the Normative Aging Study

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8602585

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

B vitamins, homocysteine, and neurocognitive function in the elderly

http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/71/2/614s

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Vitamin B-6 deficiency impairs interleukin 2 production and lymphocyte proliferation in elderly adults

http://www.ajcn.org/content/53/5/1275.abstract

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Pyridoxine (B6) supplementation: effect on lymphocyte responses in elderly persons

http://www.ajcn.org/content/46/4/659.short?cited-by=yes&legid=ajcn;46/4/659

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Pyridoxine for nausea and vomiting of pregnancy: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7573262

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City

Vitamin B6 is effective therapy for nausea and vomiting of pregnancy: a randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled study

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2047064

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Folic Acid

National Library of Medicine

Folate, vitamin B12, and neuropsychiatric disorders

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9155210

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Homocysteine, folate, methylation, and monoamine metabolism in depression

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10896698

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Microvascular disease and dementia in the elderly: are they related to hyperhomocysteinemia?

http://www.ajcn.org/content/71/4/859.full

Archives of Internal Medicine

Hyperhomocysteinemia and Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease

http://archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/158/12/1301

Archives of Internal Medicine

Homocysteine and Ischemic Heart Disease

http://archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi/reprint/158/8/862.pdf

American Heart Association

Homocysteine, Diet, and Cardiovascular Diseases

http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/99/1/178

Archives of Internal Medicine

Randomized trial of folic acid supplementation and serum homocysteine levels

http://archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi/reprint/161/5/695.pdf

American Association for Clinical Chemistry

Homocysteine and vitamins in cardiovascular disease

http://www.clinchem.org/cgi/content/full/44/8/1833

Journal of the American Medical Association

Impact of Folic Acid Fortification of the US Food Supply on the Occurrence of Neural Tube Defects

http://jama.ama-assn.org/content/285/23/2981.abstract

Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Folic Acid Helps Prevent Some Birth Defects

http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/folicacid/index.html

Archives of Family Medicine

Knowledge of Periconceptional Folic Acid for the Prevention of Neural Tube Defects

http://archfami.ama-assn.org/cgi/reprint/7/5/438.pdf

Journal of the American Medical Association

Knowledge and Use of Folic Acid by Women of Childbearing Age: United States

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00056982.htm

Journal of the American Medical Association

Use of Folic Acid Containing Supplements Among Women of Childbearing Age

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00051435.htm

Journal of Nutrition

Homocysteine and neural tube defects

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8598561

National Library of Medicine

Open or closed? A world of difference: a history of homocysteine research

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9735677

Journal of Nutrition

Folate and carcinogenesis: an integrated scheme

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10720158

Archives of Internal Medicine

How safe are folic acid supplements?

http://archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/156/15/1638

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Vitamin B12

National Library of Medicine

Vitamin B12 deficiency in the elderly

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10448529

The National Academies Press

http://www.nap.edu/books/0309065542/html/306.html

Science Direct

Practitioners' guide to meeting the vitamin B-12 recommended dietary allowance for people aged 51 years and older

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002822399001741

British Medical Journal

Lowering blood homocysteine with folic acid based supplements

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9569395

The Lancet

Importance of both folic acid and vitamin B12 in reduction of risk of vascular disease

http://www.nutritionhealthinfo.com/vitamins/vitamins_0186_001.pdf

American Heart Association

Homocysteine, Diet, and Cardiovascular Diseases

http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/99/1/178

Journal of Nutrition

Homocysteine and neural tube defects

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8598561

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Alzheimer disease: protective factors

http://www.ajcn.org/content/71/2/643s.full

Archives of Neurology

Folate, vitamin B12, and serum total homocysteine levels in confirmed Alzheimer disease

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9823829

Neurology

Vitamin B(12) and folate in relation to the development of Alzheimer's disease

http://www.neurology.org/content/56/9/1188.1.abstract

The New England Journal of Medicine

Plasma Homocysteine as a Risk Factor for Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11844848

National Library of Medicine

Folate and cobalamin in psychiatric illness

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9406735

The American Journal of Psychiatry

Vitamin B12 deficiency and depression in physically disabled older women

http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/abstract/157/5/715

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CoQ10

Exploring Oxidative Stress And Nitrosative Stress With OxisResearch

http://www.oxisresearch.com/oxidative_stress_complete.html

National Library of Medicine

Biochemical, physiological and medical aspects of ubiquinone function

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7599208

National Library of Medicine

Dietary supplementation with coenzyme Q10 results in increased levels of ubiquinol-10 within circulating lipoproteins and increased resistance of human low-density lipoprotein to the initiation of lipid peroxidation

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1637852

National Library of Medicine

Role of mitochondria in neuronal cell death induced by oxidative stress; neuroprotection by Coenzyme Q10

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15755687

National Library of Medicine

Paraquat induces oxidative stress and neuronal cell death; neuroprotection by water-soluble Coenzyme Q10

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15519605

National Library of Medicine

Potential role of ubiquinone (coenzyme Q10) in pediatric cardiomyopathy

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15896419

National Library of Medicine

Prevention of coronary atherosclerosis by the use of combination therapy with antioxidant coenzyme Q10 and statins.