It didn’t take long for the Tribune’s expose of dietary supplements to get the attention of important people in Arizona. Let’s hope their attention span is long enough to deal effectively with the issue.

WASHINGTON - Mary Feehan runs a health boutique near Pittsburgh, selling food and dietary supplements, but a regulatory change might put her out of business.

High school athletes would be discouraged from using nutritional supplements under a proposed bylaw approved Monday by the Arizona Interscholastic Association’s executive board.

Four members of the Arizona Interscholastic Association’s 10-person executive board said Monday that they would like the high school sports governing body to take a more aggressive stance on dietary supplements.

High school athletes would be discouraged from using nutritional supplements under a proposed bylaw approved Monday by the Arizona Interscholastic Association’s executive board.

The findings of a Tribune investigation into widespread use of unregulated and potentially hazardous dietary supplements by East Valley high school athletes, reported in today's special section, “The Supplement Gamble,” raises troubling questions, to say the least.

Four members of the Arizona Interscholastic Association’s 10-person executive board said Monday that they would like the high school sports governing body to take a more aggressive stance on dietary supplements.

The public's mixed feelings about the popular dietary supplement ephedra — since the death of Baltimore Orioles pitching prospect Steve Bechler last week — can be found at the Hi-Health store on North Miller Road in Scottsdale.

Athletic directors from around the state said they will take a more proactive stance on high school athletes' use of dietary supplements. The decision followed a three-day meeting of Arizona Interscholastic Association member schools' representatives Sunday through Tuesday at the Prescott Resort in Prescott.

January 6, 2005

The reactions of local high school football coaches were positive Tuesday when news spread of the federal government's ban on the sale of ephedra. In fact, most saw the ban coming.

Two Scottsdale residents named in a federal indictment Thursday involving a fraudulent drug distribution scheme could face up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine each if convicted of the offenses.

A controversial nutritional supplements guru whose wife drowned in the bathtub at their Gilbert home nearly four years ago was arrested Thursday on a first-degree murder warrant.

A controversial nutritional supplements guru whose wife drowned in the bathtub at their Gilbert home nearly four years ago was arrested Thursday on a first-degree murder warrant.

SALT LAKE CITY - At a sales convention, XanGo executive Joseph Morton said that when he stumbled across mangosteen, a tropical fruit with purported curative powers, "I didn't have to have it confirmed in the New England medical journal before I would listen."

Every cell of the body continuously carries out biochemical processes that require oxygen. The overall term for this on-going process is metabolism. By-products of this cellular metabolic process are unstable electrons called oxidants or “free radicals.” Unfortunately, these free radicals are not harmless. Their chief danger comes from the damage they incur upon internal cellular structures such as DNA.

Every cell in the body continually carries out millions of biochemical processes requiring oxygen. By-products of this cellular metabolic process are unstable electrons called oxidants or “free radicals.” Unfortunately, these free radicals are not harmless. Their chief danger comes from the damage they incur upon cellular structures or DNA. Anti-oxidants reduce the effects of dangerous oxidants by binding with them, thereby decreasing their destructive power. Food sources of antioxidants include those with high vitamin A, C, E and beta-carotene contents, such as spinach and liver. Anti-oxidants are thought to have a role in slowing the aging process, preventing heart disease and protecting against the development of cancers.

Every cell in the body continually carries out millions of biochemical processes requiring oxygen. By-products of this cellular metabolic process are unstable electrons called oxidants or “free radicals.” Unfortunately, these free radicals are not harmless. Their chief danger comes from the damage they incur upon cellular structures or DNA. Anti-oxidants reduce the effects of dangerous oxidants by binding with them, thereby decreasing their destructive power. Food sources of antioxidants include those with high vitamin A, C, E and beta-carotene contents, such as spinach and liver. Anti-oxidants are thought to have a role in slowing the aging process, preventing heart disease and protecting against the development of cancers.

Every cell in the body continually carries out millions of biochemical processes requiring oxygen. By-products of this cellular metabolic process are unstable electrons called oxidants or “free radicals.” Unfortunately, these free radicals are not harmless. Their chief danger comes from the damage they incur upon cellular structures or DNA. Anti-oxidants reduce the effects of dangerous oxidants by binding with them, thereby decreasing their destructive power. Food sources of antioxidants include those with high vitamin A, C, E and beta-carotene contents, such as spinach and liver. Anti-oxidants are thought to have a role in slowing the aging process, preventing heart disease and protecting against the development of cancers.

Ever meandered through the pharmacy aisles of Whole Foods, Sprouts, or even Trader Joe’s and wished you knew more about the various supplements and which ones could possibly benefit you? Herbal/dietary supplements (also called botanicals) are plants used for their therapeutic properties, and the roots of herbalism go back to the beginning of humanity. The following list contains some of the more popular herbs that are generally accepted to have psychoactive and/or medicinal properties with positive effects in humans:

CHICAGO - The nation's leading pediatricians group says children from newborns to teens should get double the usually recommended amount of vitamin D because of evidence that it may help prevent serious diseases.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Baltimore Orioles pitching prospect Steve Bechler died of heatstroke Monday, unable to recover from a spring training workout that sent his temperature to 108 degrees.

A Tempe business is facing possible sanctions under Arizona’s Employee Sanctions Act involving the hiring of illegal immigrants after Maricopa County Sheriff’s deputies executed a search warrant at 21st Century Healthcare and arrested 31 people on Thursday.

July 16, 2004