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To Eat or Not to Eat: Decorative Products on Foods Can Be Unsafe

[embedded content] Español  Subscribe: FDA Consumer Health Information Your soon-to-be 6-year-old wants you to bake an elaborate birthday cake in the shape of a fairy-tale castle, complete with rainbows, unicorns, and a princess for her party.  You’ve found a cake-decoration video online, but it uses ingredients that make you wonder if they are safe to… Read More »

Prenatal Vitamin D Deficiency Linked to Increased Risk for Schizophrenia

Despite being simple and inexpensive to address, vitamin D deficiency is epidemic around the world, and evidence suggests vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy plays an important role in the development of several chronic health problems, and raises the risk of complications for the mother as well. For example, research1 by GrassrootsHealth shows 40 to 60… Read More »

The Nicotinamide Riboside Supplement Improves Blood Pressure

According to a study, blood pressure and arterial health is improved in individuals consuming a natural dietary supplement known as  nicotinamide riboside, a recently discovered type of vitamin B3, especially in individuals having mild hypertension. The study found that after nicotinamide riboside supplementation, systolic blood pressure was about 10 points lower in individuals having elevated… Read More »