In the News
Come and get your sun
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
New research shows slathering on sunscreen can prevent, in addition to sunburn, the body’s natural and needed production of vitamin D. So as summer approaches, here’s advice on avoiding a deficiency of the vitamin and the diseases and disorders that can lead to: Q What does vitamin D do?… continue reading
Vitamin D helps cancer patients survive
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
By David Liu, Ph. D.
(foodconsumer.org) — Maintaining a high level of vitamin D in the blood may increase the odds of survival for cancer patients, according to a new German study. The study of 3,299 patients showed that the risk of death from fatal cancer was reduced by 55 percent in patients with higher vitamin D levels.… continue reading
Vitamin D and cancer: maintaining levels key to protection?
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
By Stephen Daniells
Ensuring levels of vitamin D never get low could be a way of protecting against cancer, suggests a new study from Germany. Death from fatal cancer was reduced by 55 per cent amongst people with higher vitamin D levels, according to data collected from 3,299 patients taking part in the Ludwigshafen Risk and Cardiovascular Health study and reported in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.… continue reading
The Vitamin D Q&A sheet – test yourself!
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
THANKS to Dr. John Cannell Vitamin D is the most common nutritional deficiency in the United States, and most physicians are clueless about its importance. If you can answer the majority of these questions correctly you are doing better than the majority of physicians.… continue reading
Low vitamin D levels linked to depression
Monday, May 12, 2008
Researchers in Amsterdam found low levels of vitamin D among seniors who showed symptoms of depression. A study of more than 1,200 elderly people between the ages of 65 and 95 showed that almost 40 per cent of the men and almost 57 per cent of the women had low vitamin D levels in their blood.… continue reading
