WomanWize Health & Life » Product Safety http://womanwizehealth.com Living Longer, Living Naturally, & Living in Freedom. Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:38:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Killer Vitamins? Iowa Women’s Health Study http://womanwizehealth.com/2011/11/killer-vitamins-iowa-womens-health-study/ http://womanwizehealth.com/2011/11/killer-vitamins-iowa-womens-health-study/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 02:07:29 +0000 Karen Miner Hurd http://womanwizehealth.com/?p=680

Guest Post by Stephen Chaney, PhD.

Last week I discussed the strengths and weaknesses of the Iowa Women’s Health Study (Mursu et al, Archives of Internal Medicine, 171: 1625-1633, 2011) which has been interpreted as suggesting that multivitamins and certain individual vitamin or mineral supplements could actually increase the risk of mortality in older women.

. . . → Read More: Killer Vitamins? Iowa Women’s Health Study]]> http://womanwizehealth.com/2011/11/killer-vitamins-iowa-womens-health-study/feed/ 0 Soy Protein- Miracle Food or Monster? http://womanwizehealth.com/2010/08/soy-protein-miracle-food-or-monster/ http://womanwizehealth.com/2010/08/soy-protein-miracle-food-or-monster/#comments Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:34:08 +0000 Karen Miner Hurd http://gohealthygo.com/?p=534 Enter soy protein. Have you ever wondered why such a heavily studied food source is so controversial? . . . → Read More: Soy Protein- Miracle Food or Monster?]]> http://womanwizehealth.com/2010/08/soy-protein-miracle-food-or-monster/feed/ 0 The Problem with Liquid Vitamins http://womanwizehealth.com/2008/12/liquidvitamins/ http://womanwizehealth.com/2008/12/liquidvitamins/#comments Wed, 31 Dec 2008 21:23:09 +0000 Karen Miner Hurd http://gohealthygo.com/?p=383 Vitamin manufacturers, many of whom do NOT do any clinical testing or third party verification of their products are looking for a competitive edge. If they can play into popular myth that liquid vitamins are more easily absorbed, without providing proof, then they do it. . . . → Read More: The Problem with Liquid Vitamins]]> http://womanwizehealth.com/2008/12/liquidvitamins/feed/ 0 Using Zicam to Treat a Cold? http://womanwizehealth.com/2008/12/zicam/ http://womanwizehealth.com/2008/12/zicam/#comments Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:02:02 +0000 Karen Miner Hurd http://1048800167 Zicam manufactures a form of zinc gluconate + gylcerine lozenge supposedly said to treat colds. An other product with the same ingredients include Cold Ez. Zicam has had a number of lawsuits due to alleged damage to olfactory sensory nerves. . . . → Read More: Using Zicam to Treat a Cold?]]> http://womanwizehealth.com/2008/12/zicam/feed/ 0 bisphenol A Warning http://womanwizehealth.com/2008/05/bisphenolawarning/ http://womanwizehealth.com/2008/05/bisphenolawarning/#comments Tue, 20 May 2008 15:57:55 +0000 Karen Miner Hurd http://gohealthygo.wordpress.com/?p=19 Glass is great, but can I put a glass bottle in my kid's lunch box? (duh). How can I travel with glass? Glass costs more to ship than plastics.... OK, I buy organic and get poisoned by the container? Am I stuck with plastics that leach this stuff? Everywhere I turn, or so it seems, there is something else threatening my family's health. . . . → Read More: bisphenol A Warning]]> http://womanwizehealth.com/2008/05/bisphenolawarning/feed/ 0