calcium

Experts: You Don't Need Extra Calcium, Vitamin D

Experts: You Don't Need Extra Calcium, Vitamin D

Those daily vitamin supplements may not be doing as much good as you think, and may in fact harm you. A committee of medical experts from the Institute of Medicine released a report that says excessive amounts of calcium and vitamin D aren’t helpful. [More]

Hershey Syrup With Calcium Provides 0% Calcium?

Hershey Syrup With Calcium Provides 0% Calcium?

In case you were planning on getting your recommended daily allowance of calcium from Hershey’s Syrup + Calcium, you may want to think twice. As reader Samuel has pointed out, the label on the fortified corn syrup says it contains “0%” of your suggested daily calcium. On the bright side, it probably doesn’t taste like chalk.