We re a nation of vitamin pill poppers: around half of the UK population takes a supplement once a week or more. But which are worth buying, and which are just like flushing money down the drain?
SINGAPORE - A child here was just 2½ years old when he was started on cholesterol-lowering medication. At that time, the toddler had an extremely high level of LDL (low-density lipoprotein), the bad cholesterol - it was 15 millimoles per litre (mmol/L) compared with the normal level for a toddler of below 3.4 mmol/L. He is one of about 50,000.