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An FDA Guide to Dietary Supplements
A framework for FDA regulation of dietary supplements, requiring consumers, as well as manufacturers, to be responsible for checking the safety of these products and determining the truthfulness of their label claims.
http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/1998/598_guid.html

Consensus Statement on Optimal Calcium Intake Published in JAMA
Answers all questions about the intake of calcium from birth on through each age.
http://www.nih.gov/niams/news/calsum.htm

Linus Pauling Lectures on Vitamin C and Heart Disease
Two-time Nobel laureate and the world's foremost vitamin C proponent. An article about the man and the vitamin.
http://www.lbl.gov/Science-Articles/Archive/pauling-and-vitamin-c.html

Magnesium Deficiencies
Reviews Mitral Valve Prolapse as a symptom of a magnesium deficiency as well as Anxiety and Psychiatric Disorders, Asthma, Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and many other disorders.
http://www.ctds.info/5_13_magnesium.html