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His family is taking legal action in hopes of preventing another tragedy. nbcs john yang has the report. >> reporter: logan stiner was at the top of his class, an athlete, prom king loved by those who knew him. >> he made everybo >> reporter: just days before his high school graduation last may, logan was found dead. he had overdosed on pure caffeine powder. what do you think of this product? >> i think it should be off the market, banned unless its in the hands of a licensed pharmaceutical comp...

Press". when "nightly news" continues on this saturday, its a powder form of a substance millions of us drink every day. but now a new lawsuit is shedding light on a potentially deadly form of caffeine. and later, baby boom for one of the rarest creatures. otentially deadly form of caffeine. if you have moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis like me and youre talking to your rheumatologist about a biologic... this is humira. this is humira helping to relieve my pain and protect my joints fr...

>> he had a smile to kill for. he could drag anyone out of a bad mood. >> reporter: logan, a straight a student, wrestler, senior prom king died suddenly three days before graduation. later, a plastic bag with a white powder was found in his house, pure, concentrated caffeine. when you found out that was caffeine in the bag, what was your reaction? >> that couldnt have killed him. >> reporter: an autopsy found he had 23 times as much caffeine in his system as a typical coffee or cola drinker, en...

Promised it will not go hostile by taking its offer directly to astra-zenecas shareholders. in health headlines this morning americas pediatricians are recommending expectant moms to take a supplement containing iodide. the iodide is needed to make the thyroid hormones required for childrens healthy brain development before and after birth. experts recommend pregnant and breast-feeding women get 290 micrograms of iodide per day. one more thing that a pregnant woman needs to take. my goodness, ...

Stability. that is for life. that is where you basically have your find has changed. your mind and body have changed and you know how important it is to change your mind when youre doing these things. so your mind is basically driving this boat, and your body is following along now, because it appreciates all of the benefits. >> so basically your book is trying to help people get their diet, their cravings under control, because i think taking them through these three steps helps them to underst...

So i get on my motorcycle and go blazing out and find the salt, and meet the saltmaker, and i fell in love. >> that passion for regional salt soon grew in to a collection of salts from around the world. he and jennifer decided to make a business out of it. opening the meadow in portland, oregon. but how do you convince prospective customers that your salt is quite extraordinary, and very different from your common everyday table salt? in their case by getting the customers engaged through the st...

Lives. so i get on my motorcycle and go blazing out and find the salt, and meet the saltmaker, and i fell in love. >> that passion for regional salt soon grew in to a collection of salts from around the world. of salts from around the world. he and jennifer decided to make a business out of it opening the meadow but how do you convince prospective customers oregon. but how do you convince pro-suspect theive customers your salt is quite extraordinary and very different from your commo commonday t...

Eyes sometimes or tin gl in the back of my throat. the way i got sensitive to pollens or things like that. >> what is happening there? >> whats happening is my adrenals are getting taxed. im going low in sodium. the right kind of sodium. this is an important thing i discovered in my own research on my own allergies. i started finding out there is a relationship between hydration and having the right kind of salt. and what we have recommended for people with allergies is doing the salt switch. sw...

Feel itchy eyes, or the tingling -- >> what is happening there? >> my adrenals are getting taxed. so im starting to go low in sodium, the right kind of sodium. this is important, there is a relationship between hydration and having the right kind of salt. what we recommend for people with allergies, switching from the table salt and move towards sea salts. and i started to use it in my diet. it was like an instinct. i started to drink the salt water when i felt the allergies come back, i take th...

The radioactive iodine from the environment. you also get it in table salt, but if you take a gigantic amount of it, it fills up your thyroid and is a protective measure against thyroid cancer, and thats the reason for that. people who live near nuclear power plants in the united states are advised to keep a supply of potassium iodine in their medicine cabinets in case theres an accident. >> okay. nbcs bob bazell there in tokyo. im sure well check in with you again. thanks for joining us live. ...