i think that vitamin d is an important vitamin, it is what we all need. there are many people who have vitamin d deficiencies, however, there has been a lot of studies of trying to do replacement of vitamin d, getting the levels back up somewhat, but it is hard to get them up. i do not think vitamin d alone is going to be sufficient to improve an immune system response to this virus or any other situation. one of the things we have to be if you think that your vitamin d levels are low, just to go to the store and get vitamin d and start taking it, there can be a downside to that in terms of calcium. calcium levels can go very high if you overdo vitamin d. so go to your provider, check your levels. canour level is low, they do a replacement and monitor you. ohio we have someone from on the likely good morning. line, good morning. caller: the poem i have with all of this, i think about -- the problem i have with all of this, i think about swine flu, ebola and another one, the president, when mr. obama was in, nobody went out and went crazy. i think that whe

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excellent source of vitamin c. another excellent source of vitamin c. it should be grown in every victory garden. carrots are rich in vitamin a, needed for night vision and building up resistance to disease. luscious raspberries, y raspbery small fruits should be in every garden. those pesky bugs again, this time the mexican beetle. the yellow beetles may strip a plant completely in a week or two. beetles feed on the under side of the leafs. dick sprays the leaf with a dust. leaves are blighted. this disease is carried with a seed. western-grown seed is recommended. tomatoes are troubled by wilt caused by a fungus that lives in the soil and attacks through the root. the plants die. this tissue is the sign of wilt. only resistant varieties should be grown on wilt-infested lands. a similar disease affects any plant. note the darkens tissue in the cut stem. the remedy is rotation of crops. the clean white appearance of this stem indicates a healthy plant. here is the pesky worm. eggs are laid and hatched in the silt. a mixture of mineral oil helps to contr

>> if you're low on vitamin d, and you can get a blood test, people low in vitamin d see benefits within a couple of weeks. it's pretty quick. >> thank you. thank you for joining us. for more information, i want to put this up on the screen -- you can get your vitamin d from the milk or go out in the sun. we had a lot of sun today. we had some thunderstorms too. the thunderstorm that powered up a little bit earlier today, it roll off into delaware, so we are basically out of the woods as of now. won't put it behind us yet. i'll tell you what is going to happen. temperatures are still warm, we're still in the 90s. the mid-90s into baltimore and 89 in york and hagerstown coming in around 92 degrees. but the good thing for today, not a lot of moisture out there. we like to see the dew points in the 50s. you don't see the green. you have to go down to salisbury to see the 70 dew point and 52 in baltimore. check out d.c., 44, some dry air we're working with. the dry air won't last long we see the humidity creeping into the picture. the highs today in d.c. came in around 98 degrees. check out

d group and they got what they call a derivative of vitamin d which is the body processes vitamin d and uses it and a different form. so the first 40.the vitamin d delivered and everybody got the same treatment. i was one of the first 40 that went into the hospital with covid and one into intensive care. the second 25 group all had covid and went into hospital. seven of those people went into intensive care and three never made it out so those numbers are staggering and it's just not one thing but for some reason the media is afraid to do anything or recommend any kind of, i'm talking about cost-benefit analysis, there is no known overdose, you just take two pills a day and if i'm wrong here, all these studies are on your ouout 10 bucks but if you're right you'll never knowwhether or not you had . iguess for me i'm 66 years old . you know, i've got high blood pressure and i had absolutely no symptoms whatsoever but i do have the antigens and that the word i want to get out to the public. >> and will you get vaccinated? >> probably not, the whole purpose of the vaccine is to get the

in china, when people were in the hospital, they treated them with vitamin c. all the research is out there about how the right supplements, essential oils, kill this virus. kills the virus. clove oil kills the virus. host: there is research out there that says close oil or fish oil kills the virus? caller: not fish oil. that is something that you can take to improve your health. the same with be complex. there is research out there that shows when they take vitamin d3, levels are high. the people that were really sick with the virus in china, they started giving them high dose vitamin c. vitamin c is like crucial. host: we will move on to clarksville, tennessee. carol? caller: good morning. thank you to c-span and other networks staying on the air during this covid season. i know it is a challenge trying to bring the message to the american people. 1918?f this was back in we would be in a truly terrible mess. say, we will not see -- until we so weak get a consistent message across the country. the states are on their own, it is like the wild west. people are n

vitamin a, vitamin b, some of the be concentrate vitamins you can overdose on. >> just another reason why doctors say you are better off getting your vitamins at the dinner table and the drug store. nbc news. >> pediatricians do recommend vitamins for kids who are extremely picky eaters because it may not get the nutrients they need. a large study finds no link between cellular phone use and how could cancers. the study looked at 7000 children and found no connection between mothers who lived in your cell phone towers and children who went on to develop childhood cancer. >> now, your 11 instaweather plus forecast. >> the heat is on this afternoon. not record-breaking heat just yet, but we are coming close. it is 97. 93 at the airport. in the 89th in the northern suburbs. ed the humidity is not terrible. it is not great. the dew point is at 70. it will hold the heat index under 175, and that is the criterion you need to get a heat advisory in effect. feels like 96 at the airport. 92 in westminster. 98 at easton. nothing going on whether-wise, at least at the present time, but the atmos

they're loaded with vitamin d. yolks are good energy source. the only people i want to watch out for eggs are diabetics. there's evidence that with diabetes and there's studies on this, if you eat too many eggs your risk of haeart disease goe up. >> the american heart association is very clear about this. we say cholesterol is not good for you and then we come back and say it's perfect for you. that's where the confusion is. you need to have cholesterol in order to make your hormones. six hormones, court zol. all of that is a priority. cholesterol is special for you. what the american heart institution wants you to know is there's a difference between good and bad cholesterols. salmon, nuts, all of those are good ones. stay away from saturated fats and transfats, processed meats. those are bad. they are still reminding you that good exercise, healthy diet is all part of this. unlike the old fashioned way where we said if you have cholesterol you're going to die, we think it's the bad cholesterol. >> how many eggs can i eat a week? >> it depends

know your vitamin d level, and take vitamin d3 or get more sun if your level is low. there are supplements that can help with cravings. chromium and alpha lipolic acid can help balance blood sugar, which, as we have seen, is critical to getting your cravings under control. and there is a very interesting supplement called n-acetyl-cysteine that has been shown in five studies now to decrease cravings and compulsive behaviors for cocaine, alcohol, marijuana, and gambling. then there are supplements i recommend for each brain type. for example, if there are issues with moodiness and pain, i often recommend same. if i need to boost focus and impulse control, i may use a green tea extract, or if i want to calm worry and overthinking, i often recommend 5htp, saffron, or st. john's wort. in our study of retired football players, we used the whole program to help them get thinner, smarter, and happier and also relied heavily on nutritional supplements to help them be successful. all of our players took a multiple vitamin, fish oil, and targeted supplements to help their memor

we have been hearing about the importance of vitamin d in the diets. now a new report offers updated recommendations on how much we should be getting every day. >> reporter: doctors have known for a while that vitamin d is important for our health. not only does it help us build stronger bones and muscles but vitamin d may ward off certain diseases. now the ins tiewft medicine -- institute of medicine which zeds sets up the guidelines of supplements has come out with new recommendations on doseage. saying moments 19 to 70 need to up the utesage from 4 hundred town to 600 units. those over the age of 70 may need as much as 800 units. for example, three ounce of canned tuna is about 200ius. recommendation were based on the findings of nearly 1,000 published studies on vitamin d. and investigators concluded vitamin d was excellent for keeping bones and muscles strong. although studies linked vitamin d to fighting heart disease, cans erin diabetes, the committee found there was still not enough evidence to recommend vitamin d for the purpose. doctors warn

. >>> we learn about vitamin d in our diets. now there's fuupdated recommendations on how much vitamin d we should have everyday. here's nanette sosa with more. >> reporter: doctors have known for a while now that vitamin d is important for our health. not only does it help us build stronger bones and muscles but vitamin d may ward off certain diseases. now the institute of medicine which sets up guidelines for the daily recommended intakes of certain supplements has come out with new recommendations on dosage. it says most adults 19 to 70 need to up usage from 4 00 to 600 international units of vitamin d a day to keep healthy. those over 70 may need more. for example, three ounces of canned tuna is 200ius. the recommendations based on the findings of nearly 1,000 studies published. investigators concluded vitamin d is excellent for keeping bones and muscles strong. all the studies linked it to cancer, heart disease and diabetes. doctors warn too much vitamin d can create an overdose of calcium in the blood causing kidney and he

it is a vitamin many of us have not heard of, but it is in short supply. how it could effect you. >> part one of a two-part system is out west. parts to the wall looks like the real soccer. the insta-weather -- part two books like the real >> in our consumer alert, hiring managers might be looking in your social network profiles. you might want to think twice before posting the photos were making that snarky tweet. >> there is a lot of talk about hiring managers looking the networking habits of applicants. a new survey shows 37% screened candidates using the internet. just three years ago, the number was closer to 50%. one notable issue causing a drop-off is some companies prohibit hiring managers from looking online, with most following a ban on all social networking at work. another factor -- and employers might be deterred as they keep the information private. you might be ok with people seeing your linkedin profile, but you keep facebook posts available only to your friends. one enquires go online, they are looking at things they cannot get out of an i

how much vitamin d do we need? that's a question that has been unaddressed for years. >> last time vitamin d in calcium was assessed was back in 1997. >> that revision came from a panel of 14 experts in the u.s. and canada. for months they poured over thousands of studies conducted since 1997 and found this. vitamin d in calcium help build strong bones, but all other disease fighting claims are still unproven. >> we really need a great deal of additional human research, particularly with different doses of vitamin d. >> for now, experts say up to age 70, we need 600 units of vitamin d a day and no more than 4,000. for most of us, a cup of milk with vitamin d added and just ten minutes in the sun is more than enough to cover that. as for the staggering 91% increase in the sale of supplements, clearly some people are taking more d than they need. and in fact, if you take too much vitamin d, more than 10,000 units a day, it can cause liver and tissue damage and lead to kidney stones. as for calcium, 1,000 and 1300 mil

the government distributes vitamin e. and health centers like this one children between the ages of six months and five years receive two doses per year free of charge. the program is very successful. according to national statistics forty percent of the population was not getting enough vitamin a as recently as ten years ago. five years ago that figured had decreased to fifteen percent. it is not clear how many still suffer from vitamin a deficiency today. the pro vitamin a rice would be less expensive for the government the inventors of the project are sure of it but first the golden rice must make the transition from the laboratory to the rice paddies the researchers set out on a quest for money and power and found both in the world's largest agricultural chemistry corporation. in basel. singh and is soon going to responded to an offer we made. as we proposed giving the company the commercial rights to our product. lines and if in the. the company would support our humanitarian project to verify it is to engage who it

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and minerals including pro vitamin a. and a few blades of lemon grass for taste. the family usually eats red rice is more nutritious than the white kind we are told. along with the rice there's a little fish and decided balloon guy leaves from the family garden. we always have rice what we eat with it depends on what we can harvest from the garden and what we can afford to buy that. meat is rare once in a while there's an aig depends on what their modest farm can produce. fruits provide important nutrients coconut mango bananas and. this one. i was one of. the well. you know one of the books were surprised how much the family is able to get out of the scarce ingredients available to them. shows us his rice fields he owns just a quarter of a hector of land most of the time there's not even enough rice to feed the six members of the family. in its current stage of growth the rice has to be flooded every two days that allows him to combat the main pest a snail using biological methods it isn't much but it works without the u

i think vitamin d is an important vitamin. it is what we all need, and there are a lot of people who have vitamin d deficiencies. however, there have been a lot of studies of trying to do replacement of vitamin d again -- to get the levels back up, it is hard to get the levels up, and i do not think vitamin d alone is going to be sufficient to improve an immune system response to either this virus or any other situation. one of the things we have to be careful of, and i want to put this caution out there, if you think your vitamin d levels are low, just to go to the store and buy a bunch of vitamin d intake it, there could be a downside in terms of calcium, and your calcium levels can go high if you overdo the vitamin d. so what do you do? go to the provider and have them check your level. if it is low they can do replacement and monitor you. holland, ohio. good morning. the problem i have with all of this, and i just think we had the disease as last time, the swine, ebola, and i think there was another one when mr. obama was

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timothy johnson. >> reporter: vitamin d is called the sunshine vitamin because it's manufactured in our bodies naturally. researchers look at supplements. it looked at 31,000 subjects all 65 or older. 91% were women. writing in the new england journal of medicine 800 or more international unit as day were useful against fractures. a reduction in hip fractures and nonvertebral fractures. they're finding a recommendation that people 65 and older get at least 800 international units of vitamin d every day. with this medical minute, i'm dr. timothy johnson. >> the first over-the-counter rapid hiv test will soon be available for use at home. the fda approved the test to use the kit. you swab the upper and lower part of your gums, place it in a vial and the results are available in 0 -- 20 to 30 minutes. the fda approved another test in 1996. however, those sampled needed to be sent away to a lab. the kit is expected to be available in october. >>> the 4th of july means fireworks, family and fun. you can also get sick. don't spoil your holiday with a side trip to the er. docs see an increase.

it was an interesting concept vitamine says, we need money. not vitamin d, vitamin money. we need to develop, and we cannot do that unless we rewrite the leasing laws. >> that was an achievement for our trap to do that. -- tried to do that. hotele able to build a downtown. everything turned around. we got developers to come in and help. it was an opening. through that hard work. the thing that makes me proud is that, with the conditions that we have in washington today. lobbyists. attorneys.t that was quite in a congressman. -- that was quite an accomplishment. that was something i was proud of. as a tribal member, i was able to get, with the help of my reasons why we needed constitutional bylaws. that was an exciting time. went around the different homes and explained about a constitutional bylaws, because the men were not very happy with us. it turned up to be an all woman tribal council. we thought this was a good idea that there was. to organize and have respect in the community. we were not just letting things go bad. position that we listen to the city. you have to l

do you need extra calcium and vitamin d or not? >>> and high wire act. despite a preview night meltdown that not even spiderman could save, theatergoers are buying up tickets just to see the most elabate show ever on broadway. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. they cannot order the milita to change but their words carry great weight and today at the pentagon this nation's top military commanders, military and civilian said the me has come for gay americans to serve openly in their nation's armed forces. they said that the time has come for the policy of "don't ask don't tell" to come to an end. they admitted it will be difficult at first but attitudes are improving and strongly indicated the nation owes it to patriots who want to volunteer to serve. we begin tonight with our pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski. jim,ood evening. >> reporter: good evening. for the most part this pentagon report out supports the repeal of "don't ask don't tell" but it won't come easy. airport lieutenant, a decorat

vitamin d is critical for healthy bones but too much can damage the kidneys and heart. dr. albert levy says a balanced diet and a little sun can help maintain vitamin d levels. >> sun will activate the vitamin d. 20 minutes of sun exposure three times a week. >> reporter: alegra is listening to her doctor and stop taking the supment but will let him know if she starts to feel different without it. >> patients should talk to their doctor if they're feeling fatigued or tired because that may be a sign of low levels. >>> a warning before you raid the candy bowl this halloween. i was planning on that. eating too much black licorice could come with some unwanted side effects. the fda is warning it contains a sweetener called -- let me pronounce this -- just look it up on the back. it could cause a drop in potassium levels. when that happens people experience blood pressure problems. things get back to normal when people stop eating foods with this sweetener in it. >>> time for the question of the morning. 20% of men say they do this whenever they have a bad day. is it a work out

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. >>> and some disturbing news about our children and vitamin d. news edge at 6:00 coming right back. h >>> there were people cut, bleeding. people trying to -- there were a few people unconscious. >> reporter: seriously scary moments for the passengers and crew of counsel flight 128. heavy turbulence forced the plane traveling from rio de janeiro to houston to make an emergency landing in miami. 26 people suffered injuries. four listed in serious condition. passengers described the chaos. >> turbulence, very sharp turbulence and what happened was -- the plane came down very sharply and all of us bumped our heads against the ceiling twice. >> reporter: the plane landed early this morning, almost an hour after reporting turbulence. >>> turn hog the middle east and mahmoud ahmadinejad picks up a big endorsement. the ayatollah gave the iranian president he official seal of approval. it clears the way for him to take the oath of office. 4. >>> 40 lashes for wearing pants? that's the punishment facing a sudanese journalism because of a law forbidden wom

and minerals including pro vitamin a. and a few blades of lemon grass for taste. the family usually eats red rice is more nutritious than the white kind we are told. along with the rice there's a little fish and decided balloon guy leaves from the family garden. we always have rice what we eat with it depends on what we can harvest from the garden and what we can afford to buy that. meat is rare once in a while there's an ache depends on what their modest farm can produce. fruits provide important nutrients coconut mango bananas and. this one. i was one of. the well. you know one of the books were surprised how much the family is able to get out of the scarce ingredients available to them the. farmer shows us his rice fields he owns just a quarter of a hector of land most of the time there's not even enough rice to feed the six members of the family. in its current stage of growth the rice has to be flooded every two days that allows him to combat the main pest a snail using biological methods it isn't much but it works w

and cod liver as well. >> vitamins grew 25%. >> reporter: some of the hot sellers are omega 3s and vitamin d. >> lot of americans view vitamins as a good insurance policy. >> reporter: but the american academy of pete ad tricks say it is an insurance policy that parents don't need. supplements are only necessary when a child is not eating a well-balanced diet. >> they are only needed in small amounts. the pick keyest of eaters have all the vitamins they need. >> reporter: a trade association for supplement makers points to data that shows many children may not be getting children -- >> the kids fall short in nutrients including calcium, magnesium and vitamin d. >> the doctor said that children who are breast-fed along with african-american are subject to -- after talking with her doctor, natasha decided to shelf the cod liver oil but she's sticking with the multi-vitamin. >> in my case, you know, she's getting everything she needs. >> we also found out the fda issued a warning about the risk of overdosing infants with liquid vitamin d. according to the agency, a baby should get no more tha

. >>> and be careful not to take too many over-the-counter vitamin supplements.xplain why. >>> video of a flooding creek. three students were trapped. all were eventually pulled to safety. >> not a good idea. >> it really can when it rains a lot, it can get moving. >> we had rains, we had flooding. we had another earthquake. >> we had the most pleasant day ever yesterday. i don't know about ever. >> it was horrible in the silver spring area. and it was the best way to go. >> allergies may be the one negative from yesterday. friday eve as we like to call it. tree pollen was high. the grass moderate. weeds are low and the mold is moderate. almost getting a trifecta of highs and we will see if we can make a dent on those numbers. the next three days, a warm day today. a slight chance of a shower this afternoon. tomorrow, pleasant in the upper 70s to near 80. and then a mild saturday. front pushes through early. another chance of showers to overnight in to saturday morning. by afternoon we are breezy, still mild and much cooler on mother's day. highs in the low 60s f

: vitamin d is called the sunshine vitamin because our a bodies will make vitamin d whennics posed tolight. for lynn fisher he runs outdoors and takes vitamin d supplements. >> i take one usually with breakfast before i run and i take one sometimes other time in the day. >> reporter: len takes extra vitamin d because he is battle prostate cancer. his levels are low and his doctor prescribed them. but what about the rest of us? how much do we need? >> the last time vitamin d and calcium was assessed, it was back in 97 and this was the first revision for those two nutrients. >> reporter: a panel of experts in the u.s. and canada poured over thousands of studies and found vitamin d and calcium builds stronger bones but all other claims are still unproven. >> really need a great deal of additional human research particularly with different doses of vitamin d. >> reporter: for now, experts say up to age 70 we need at least 600 units of vitamin d a day and no more than 4,000. for most of us, a cup of milk with vitamin d add and 10 minutes in the sun is more than enough. as for vitamin d sup

to be vitamins and rich flour come from chemicals petroleum bacteria and rocks. manu and i quest right of the last part of the trans fat puzzle. promo suppliers use replace expensive ingredients like butter cream and eggs because they have a modest shelf life if you bake your cakes in home you know get on if you do whatever make your own home on a saucer sample you know you don't say i'm done so it's all part of the. i don't have time to cook and we thought well there are thousands of them on the market the only way to examine the and greedy and tomato inside was rides by reading the patent application on file at the u.s. patent office according to documents many could take partially hydrogenated oils as the base for their formula since there is less than half a gram per serving companies using these ingredients have no legal obligation to tell you that trans fats are present. and the only way to eliminate this poison from your diet is to be the label on everything you eat if we stop buying it they will stop making it. the majority of the food that you consume co

many doctors believe vitamin d is one of most important vitamins we need to fight off disease but mostus aren't getting enough of it. investigative reporter tisha thompson breaks down the abcs of vitamin d. >> reporter: , boy is it hot. why many of us try to stay cool, we could be hurting ourselves down the road according to some doctors. >> i turn red so i tend to try to stay out of the sun for the most part. >> reporter: a recent physical revealed dave has low levels of vitamin d. >> to be honest, i didn't even know what vitamin d was or did. >> reporter: we all have it. sunlight helps our sun absorb vitamin d. might not be getting enough. >> many studies have revealed that children, the elderly, the people who are consciously avoiding the sun are being found to be low in vitamin d. >> reporter: that might impact your health more than you know. recent studies by dr. lena clarke found vitamin d protected mice against some cancers like breast and endometrial. >> their risk of cancer was clearly the lowest. >> reporter: low vitamin d has been linked to depression, diabetes, even obesity

in familiar phone, violetta vitamins should have started to work this morning, but they haven't given him an appetite yet. he is a little bit more dynamic and he is swimming in a more energetic way. not the way he would be in nature, but he seems to be regaining strength and doing well. just the team wants to see how the welfare is on the vitamin treatment before figuring out what to do next . activity that we will have to decide together on the best solution for this animal. should we take it back to the open sea or take it for treatment? we still need to analyze the situation and figure out the best solution which will depend a lot on the whale's health, as well as it safety definite. you hello. if you do know, sally, the rescue team plan on moving it out of the warm, stagnant water to aid its recovery. but even if it starts feeding again, returning it to the open sea will be a challenging feet. is reminder of the top story we're following for you as cease fire has taken effect in gaza between israel and palestinian militants. is rally as strikes and rocket launches by islamic jihad

for example, vitamin d may offer some production from colon cancer. at much higher doses than those found in multi-vitamins. >>> here is a question. do you have a strong handshake? if you do, you may just live longer. experts in britain tracked tens of thousands of people. people with the weakest handshakes were 67% more likely to die early. researchers sa

why some are calling on consumers to pass vitamins. what does that mean for the companies that develop and sell supplements? >> wasteful spending, $300 million on a blimp? hundreds of thousands on a cartoon. how congress is spending your money. that and more tonight on "nightly business report" for tuesday, december 17th. >>> good evening everyone and welcome. major news affecting two facets of health care in america tonight, first, one of the world's biggest drug makers changes in a fundamental way how it's products are marketing and ends a decade's long practice in how it compensates its sales force, and second, president obama still trying to get the healthcare.gov website working right, calls in tech support, very expensive tech support. he met today at the white house with a executives in technology from apple, facebook and more to get their advice how to fix that problem plagued portal. >>> well, rt big drug maker tyler just mentioned is glax so smith kline. how transformational is this change and what does it mean for glaxco? >>

was the vitamin k shot, and why some people were choosing not to get it. to get the benefits outweighed the risks. >> doctors have been giving vitamin k shots to newborns since the 1960's. it was once a common threat, but now the rbc says the disorder only appeared in about six infants per million. but earlier this year, multiple cases emerged in tennessee. between february and september of this year, four babies here. a fourth bleeding. >> he says the parents in each case declined the shot. the natural childbirth to outdated information that remained online. mainly a disproven study from england linking the injections to leukemia. >> so that scare add lot as it should. unfortunately the first study that showed there was a link, continues to exist on the internet. they tend to reject the shot. >> need tend to be parents that are well educated but again, people need to understand what the risks are associated when you decline that shot, something as similar as that. >> the risk for developing the bleeding disorder is nearly 80 times greater that did not rec

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. -- vitamin money. not vitamin b. we can't do that unless we relate -- rewrite the leasing loss >>. >>that was quite an achievement for our tribe. builde able to eventually a downtown. everything turned around. being able to lease or land and get developers to come in and do all that. it was an opening. for our tribe. the thing that really makes me too, is the conditions we , we hadwashington today no lobbyists. andad just eight attorneys five women. that was quite an accomplishment. that i'm veryngs proud of, as a tribal member, is , with the able to get reason my counsel, the why we needed a constitution and bylaws. that was an exciting time. we literally went around to the different homes and explained about constitutional bylaws. the men were not very happy with us because we turned out to be an all women tribal council. we thought this is a good idea, which it was. organize andway to have respect in the community and everything. we were not just letting things go by. that wek the position listen to the city. too

they found higher death rates in those taking multi vitamins, vitamin b-6, folic acid, zinc, magnesium, copper and iron. researchers emphasize they can't say why. >> we saw an increased risk of total mortality, but we don't really know what is the reason. >> reporter: calcium was associated with a lower death rate. nancy has been taking a variety of vitamins and supplements for most of her life. >> i don't think we get the nutrition we need from the foods we eat. >> reporter: many researchers point out however they are advertised most vitamins and supplements are medically necessary only for people who have deficiencies from what they get in their diet. >> vitamin insufficiencies are rare in the united states. we tend to overeat. >> reporter: no one involved in nutrition research believes this one study will be the last word on the subject. other studies have not shown the same level of risk. the industry association representing supplement and vitamin makers points that out. in a statement adds, the study may make for interesting scientific water cooler discussion, but certainly does

mercy medical center, kelly o'connor said vitamin e is found in many healthy foods. >> so vitamin e is pretty easy to find in things like almonds, walnuts, hazelnuts, vegetables like spinach, broccoli, tomat s tomatoes. >> but the stud d didn't say how much vitamin e the participants took. >> i think it would be premature to advice people to buy vitamin e supplements in order to protect themselves from liver cancer. >> it's probably best to check with your doctor first and try to get your vitamin e from food not supplements. if you take just a multivitamin chances are you're getting it in there already. >> donna hamilton, wbal tv news. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> tell me how reliable is this. >> well, the study is quite reliable. very large number of patients. he followed them for almost 11 years. the aim of the study was not directed towards liver cancer. it was directed towards deciding whether dietary intake of vitamins would affect the incidence of cancer and various different cancers. it was an observation study. they did not actually give patients vitamin e or not give t

nothing better at preventing or treating it with c.sive amounts of vitamins -- vitamin c. it is inexpensive and extremely effective in a lot of cases. i do not know why it is not proceed. a thousand people died last year because of the flu. all of that could have been prevented with vitamin c. he has been constantly discredited by the medical profession, much to my regret. cases where this is viral , why is that idf not pursued? -- why is that idea not proceed? you can check with the vitamin c foundation which does wonderful work. it is all very inexpensive. host: we get the point. does haveamin c recognized properties that may be antiviral or maybe boosting the immune system, but it is not a simple vitamin c works for everything for every illness and every virus. i hope my mom is watching because she tells me to take my vitamin c no matter what's wrong with me. vitamin c has been formally studied and is an ongoing study such now for things as in sepsis. someone can get an infection and it can completely overwhelm the body's immune response where the patient needs life sup

of vitamin d is through daily vitamins. >> reporter: the accepted daily dose is 400 national units. for today's health minute, i'm dr. gupta. . >> more than 7,000 cases were studied by the national institute. researchers examined vitamin d levels in blood collected from thousands of men and women before they received a cancer diagnosis. the study found no protection against lymphoma, esophagus, stomach, kidney, ovarian or pancreatic cancer. >>> if you're looking for the best breakfast in the state, guess where you'll find it? at ms. shirley's. according to food network magazine. they recommend trying shirley's affair with oscar. it's a two ounce beef filet, asparagus, grits with bacon. you can find the results in the july/august issue of food network magazine. ms. shirley's. >>> didn't burger king get in trouble with a sandwich like that? they didn't get written up. and supported. 5:19, we have a look at yesterday's high temperatures. hot pocket here if you will between baltimore and richmond, virginia. upper 90s, just within reach of 100. tieying that 116-year-old record high tempe

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. >> how the vitamin cure has branched out. >> it was first known as the hangover cure. now vitamin therapy is treating more serious conditions like crohn's disease. >> it gave me increased energy and i slept better and had overall a sense of well-being, really. >> she was surprised at how quickly she started feeling better after regular sessions where micro nutrients are being used with along with liquid vitamins. >> an osteopathic physician says they use different medications. >> water soluble vitamins. so you have to go -- they're still excreted through the kidney but they're getting detectly absorbed into the blood stream. you don't have to go through the process of absorption through the gut to get there. >> b vitamins to help the nervous system, vitamin c and. >> what do you say to critics who say there's no scientific proof this works or that it's even safe. >> one is we don't know how over 50% of our pharmaceutical medications. there is a lot of evidence that vii minutes play a significant role in our physiology. >> reporter: michael gets a 15-minute iv vitamin t

. >>> vital vitamin? millions take it but is there any benefit to vitamin d? what experts now reveal. >>> and bright idea. a winning strategy helping kids shine at sports. "nightly news" begins right now. >>> good evening. to our viewers in the west. for the first time the head of the fbi, james comey has publicly explained why he delivered that october surprise just days before the presidential election, that the fbi was reopening the clinton e-mail investigation. comey told a senate hearing today that while he was sickened by the possibility he might have swayed the election, he stands by his decision. and he revealed never before heard details of what was discovered during that second round of the clinton investigation. our justice correspondent pete williams has the full story. >> reporter: a public and passionate defense from the fbi director for his decision to disclose less than two weeks before the election that the fbi discovered potentially important clinton e-mails. he said he faced two painful options. >> so i stared at speak and conceal. speak wou