National and international health organizations recommend that we consume an average of 250 to 500 mg of EPA + DHA daily, yet adults in the US consume only about 90 mg per day, a far cry from the amounts recommended to support healthy hearts, eyes, and brains...

Expanding the types of foods that may be fortified with folic acid may help to continue to decrease the incidence of neural tube defects...

It's time to talk about vitamin B12: what it does, what foods contain it, and who might not be getting enough of it...

Here's the last installment of the Dietary Guidelines Nutrients of Concern series. Since the guidelines advise people to "Choose foods that provide more potassium, dietary fiber, calcium, and vitamin D, which are nutrients of concern in American diets," we've focused on discussing one of these nutrients per week. This week, we're going to talk about vitamin D...

Is it possible to make junk food healthy simply by adding vitamins? Perhaps we should also ask: can pigs fly?

Vitamin D appears to be very critical for health, especially in the prevention of osteoporosis and cancers, including breast, prostate, ovarian and colon cancer. This article explores the different types of vitamin D and their roles in the body.