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Virgin Holidays adds ‘sun safe concierge’ service
Friday, December 20, 2013
Virgin Holidays does the right thing, promoting senible tanning and stoppoing people from sunburning continue reading
UK industry joins condemnation of US vitamin research
Thursday, December 19, 2013
Our industry should follow what the supplement industry says about there product continue reading
Why does the Vitamin D Council recommend 5,000 IU/day?
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
We think the safest thing to do while all the research is going on is to maintain natural vitamin D levels. By natural, we mean those levels obtained by those with natural sun exposure, such as lifeguards, some roofers and gardeners, and others who work in the sun and expose a lot of skin to sunshine. This is how our ancestors behaved throughout our evolutionary history.
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A visual look: Does latitude relate to incidence of type 1 diabetes?
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) recently released its sixth edition of their Diabetes Atlas. This atlas includes global data on diabetes, impaired glucose tolerance, and general demographics. The sixth edition updates global data on diabetes from 2011. Among the wealth of data on diabetes, the atlas includes a specific dataset on incidence of type I diabetes. continue reading
Is Vitamin D shortage the cause of movie villain failure? or Sunlight?
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
How is it that movie heroes so often defeat stronger foes? Scientists at Imperial College London believe a poor lifestyle and lack of Vitamin D is hurting villain performance, citing a “lack of sunlight experienced by the evil characters” in films such as ‘The Hobbit’. continue reading
