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

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they may need vitamin a or c. ultimately the lactose intolerance.s amazing how many different kinds of milks we have. a lot of people can't tolerate. >> jamie: some people don't drink milk for one reason or another? >> i want to start with that point. when i was growing up, we had a milk mustache and people drank a lot of milk. milk is on the decrease. we have to reexamine it. do we need the vitamin d or calcium that is in fortified milk. what kind of milk do we need? organic milks. david was mentioning one of these studies, despite we are feeding growth hormones to the cows it's not clear how much is getting into the milk. i feel safe that organic milk has less of these additives and one study showed that it's higher in unsaturated fatsd, good kind the omega 3s. it's more expensive but what is good for one person is not necessarily good for another. some people like coconut milk. it has less cholesterol. >> jamie: what about soy? >> i think soy is great. soy is a flavor thing. some people don't like the after taste. >> you have to be careful with s

thing about vitamins.you have medical issues, and take it one time a day that's a good time to take it and easy to remember. it's often good to take it with food because a lot of vitamins give people stomach upset. that's a reasonable thing to do. what do you -- >> >> recently my doctor told me she wanted me off fish oil and wanted me off all multi-vitamins. she said as long as you're eating a balanced diet, it's best to get your nutrients from food. >> i do a calcium. >> what about you? >> i don't take vitamins, i just try to eat fruit and veggies. >> you're very good eaters, and when you're great eaters, people take it twice a week for eninsures. >> we take the b stuff. >> quickly, let's go to rachel from alabama. >> let's do that. >> hi, kathie lee giffoand hoda. we're trying to cut sugar out of our diets, is it safe to lose local calorie sweeteners? >> yes, they're safe. they're fine in moderation. end of story. >> for all of your questions about diet, nutrition and health, you can send them to our web

now along comes vitamin d. did you know the hair follicle takes two to four years to grow in a couple of weeks that goes into a dormant stage, goes to slee the next follicle comes. yonote happens? some people, bold and people like, it stays asleep. vitamin d is involved in that, involved with waking it back up and getting it up and going. you know what is happening? researchers spending a lot more money on this than you would like, millions of dollars spent on baldness research could be spent on cancer research. gerri: it seems we spend a lot of money on things like this that maybe could help people live longer lives but it is interesting, you say they're closing in on a cure for this. which one of these methodologies will actually work? >> i don't know. probably the glands has the most hope. if you take vitamin d, no evidence you can reverse this. don't think you can grow hair. but actually, there is an idea the receptor for vitamin d is useful in the scalps maybe we can manipulate our hair follicles to start

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they found that those people who developed liver cancer had a much lower dietary intake of vitamin e. >> dietitian kelly o'connor says vitamin e is found in many healthy foods. >> is pretty easy to find in things like almonds, hazelnuts, vegetables like spinach, broccoli, tomatoes. >> the doctor warns the study did not say how much vitamin e the participants took. >> it is really probably best to check with your doctor first and try to get your vitamin e from food rather than its ultimatsup. >> the doctor had more to say about liver cancer and the bottom in the study. log onto our website, wbaltv.com and click on medical alert. >> now, your insta-weather forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> comfortable temperatures around the area. fall whether settling into the mid atlantic and the northeast. the normal high is only in the low 70's. you can see across the region, temperatures are mostly in the 60's around the baltimore area now. 54 out in oakland in western maryland, 65 on the coast at ocean city. the skies have been mostly clear throughout the day, so plenty of sunsh

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a lot of people don't realize how much potassium and vitamin c is in a potato. >> vitamin c? >> huge amounts. lots of vitamin--in fact, 60 plus pdrcent of a daily allowance on vitamin c in a potato. >> wow. ok. so if we want the more traditional potato, there's even varieties of that that wcan phck. >> the russet, you can see here, which is a very--you know, our most popular is absolutely the russet potato. nice white flesh in there. compared to some of the cool, you know, the yellow flesh like the yukons, which is a little more buttery, and you can see some of the difference in color there. little bit--little more creamy, buttery texture. >> i like that. >> the russet's gonna cook up a little bit flakier than say a red or a yukon gold. and if you're doing salads--potato salads--definitely go for the red potato. a little creamier, holds together a little bit better in that salad. gre for the picnics and the holidays and the fourth of july and all that kind of stuff. >> ok. so lots of varieties here. so whatever you like, you've got something for everybody really. >> something

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the study found organics actually scored equally on vitamin and mineral content as conventional produce. >> just looking at the food, we can't conclude organic is healthier than traditional alternatives. >> reporter: dave is an organic farmer. >> organic doesn't guarantee the nutritional value is any higher. it's how you grow it. i eat the stuff, and i know because i can taste it. >> reporter: you can taste the nutrients? >> i can taste the nutrients. >> reporter: but is organic food safer? yes.

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