Vitamin D for flu season

Have you had your D today?

As winter approaches now is the time to be sure that we have adequate levels of vitamin D, especially the D3 form in our blood. There was a report I found on the Consumer Lab website that reported on studies that were done in connection with Vitamin D.

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Vitamin D & Muscle Fat … What is the Connection?

According to a recent study on the relationship between low levels of vitamin D and increased muscle fat there could be a connection. An article in Science Daily reported on a study in the March 2010 Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism where they found an astonishing 59 per cent of study subjects had [...]

Should Pregnant Women Get More Vitamin D?

CNN reported a study that was done on pregnant women in their second trimester and beyond. In the study, 500 women who were at least 12 weeks pregnant took either 400, 2,000, or 4,000 IU of vitamin D per day. The women who took 4,000 IU were least likely to go into labor early, [...]

Can Vitamin D be used as a preventative for Breast Cancer?

I have read numerous articles on how people with cancer usually have low vitamin D levels. One concern our family has is specifically with breast cancer. You see on my wife’s side of the family there is a history of breast cancer. In fact my wife’s cousin died from this insidious disease. Because of [...]

The High Cost of Low Vitamin D Level

An article in Nutra-ingredients and written by Stephen Daniells on a review that suggests that inadequate levels of Vitamin D may be causing about 37,000 premature deaths in Canada and costing billions of dollars according to a new review.

The researchers were led by William Grant from the Sunlight, Nutrition, and Health Research [...]