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‘Prevention better than cure’: Three-quarters of healthy older Australians regularly using supplements – new data – FoodNavigator-Asia.com
ALMOST 75% of healthy Australians aged over 70 have reported using supplements either daily or occasionally, with fish oil topping the list of popular products,…
Researchers from Monash University, led by Dr Alice Owen, a Senior Research Fellow, analysed data from the ASPirin in Reducing Events in the Elderly (ASPREE) Longitudinal Study of Older Persons (ALSOP).
They assessed self-reported use (every day, occasionally, never) of complementary medicines by healthy people over 70 years in Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory or southern New South Wales.
Specifically, they asked about the use of fish oil, glucosamine, ginkgo,…
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