Vitamins and Dietary Supplements

Your patient is a 22-year-old woman living alone for the first time after she recently graduated from college. She wants to know what foods should be on her grocery shopping list. She asks you for some...

A 29-year-old woman who has been an athlete for most of her life tells you she is considering eating only a vegan or vegetarian diet.

Your patient is a 38-year-old woman who has a history of breast cancer in her family. She is worried about different factors in her lifestyle that may increase the risk of developing cancer. She asks you if...

Your patient is a 67-year-old woman concerned about her risk of hip fractures. She tells you that she drinks milk and takes vitamin D supplements everyday but asks if there are any other lifestyle changes...

Your patient is a 52-year-old man who isn’t getting enough vitamin D. He tells you that because of a fear of skin cancer, he tries to avoid unprotected exposure to sunlight and that he struggles to find...

The consequences of B12 deficiency are far reaching and have hematologic, neurologic, and orthopedic implications.

Jack is a 62-year-old committed smoker. He was recently taken off the heart transplant list when it was discovered that he was still smoking.

Alison is a 67-year-old woman with osteoporosis who takes daily calcium supplements and exercises 5 days a week. Because she has high levels of homocysteine in her blood, you recommend that she also add...