Multivitamins No Benefit for Heart Disease?

Last month, a large study in nearly 15,000 male physicians (the Physician’s Health Study II) found that a low-potency multivitamin (Centrum Silver) taken daily (for 11 years) significantly reduced the risk for cancer. Good news for multivitamin users – especially considering that these anti-cancer benefits were found for a very basic “grocery store” multivitamin. These

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2012 Endurance Season Recap

This past Saturday was the last race of the season – so time to switch gears for the “off-season” which will hopefully include lots of powder ski days!   My two major goals for 2012 were achieved!   My first goal was to finally break 3-hours in the marathon – which I’ve tried to do

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Free Radicals and Your Antioxidant Defenses

Many health-conscious people are familiar with the term “antioxidant” and understand that it refers to nutrients such as vitamins C and E (and many others) that help to protect your body from “free radicals” (highly-reactive oxygen molecules) created during the normal course of metabolism (basically, any time we breathe oxygen, we also create free radicals).

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