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Is it sunshine or vitamin D that helps multiple sclerosis (MS) patients?
Wednesday, October 21, 2015
However, as unintuitive as it sounds, the authors point out that serum 25(OH)D levels are a marker of sun exposure as well as vitamin D levels so it may be a beneficial effect of sun exposure that is causing the benefit for MS, effects that have nothing to do with vitamin D. continue reading
CBC documentary examines confusion over need for nutritional supplements
Wednesday, October 21, 2015
A scientist at NASA’s Houston headquarters seems to support Offit’s suspicions, pointing out that other than a vitamin D supplement, aimed at offsetting the lack of direct sunlight encountered by astronauts in space, NASA crews are kept on a simple and sensible diet while aloft. continue reading
What Vitamin D Is, Why You Need It, And How Much
Monday, October 19, 2015
“There is a misconception about when you can make vitamin D in your skin. You do not absorb vitamin D from the sun but rather you produce vitamin D in the skin during sun exposure. continue reading
Thunderclap Vitamin D day Nov 2nd
Thursday, October 15, 2015
Join our Thunderclap campaign and help spread the vitamin D Day message continue reading
Women: Get some Sunlight or other UV Exposure now!
Wednesday, October 14, 2015
The paper by Rhee also noted that the inverse correlation between sunlight per se and cancer was much stronger than that for vitamin D per se, indicating that sunlight confers additional cancer benefits besides stimulating vitamin D production in skin. continue reading
