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Time in the Sun: How Much Is Needed for Vitamin D?
Thursday, August 27, 2009
By Deborah Kotz US NEWS
http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/living-well-usn/2008/06/23/time-in-the-sun-how-much-is-needed-for-vitamin-d.html
Coinciding with the first week of summer, a study published today underscores the importance of getting adequate amounts of sunlight for its vitamin D-boosting benefits. The research, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, shows that those with the lowest vitamin D levels have more than double the risk of dying from heart disease and other causes over an eight-year period compared with those with the highest vitamin D levels.… continue reading
What Is Vitamin D? What Are The Benefits Of Vitamin D?
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Vitamin D is a steroid vitamin, a group of fat-soluble prohormones, which encourages the absorption and metabolism of calcium and phosphorous. People who are exposed to normal quantities of sunlight do not need vitamin D supplements because sunlight promotes sufficient vitamin D synthesis in the skin.… continue reading
Vitamin D ups diabetics heart disease risk
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
A new study has revealed that low levels of sunshine vitamin can almost double heart disease risk in diabetes patients. Vitamin D ups diabetics heart disease risk Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that diabetes patients with vitamin D deficiency are unable to process cholesterol normally, so it builds up in their blood vessels, thereby increasing the risk of heart attack and stroke.… continue reading
Depression linked to low levels of vitamin D in the blood
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
David Liu (davidl@foodconsumer.org)
Depression may be triggered by low vitamin D levels in the blood, according to a new study published in the Aug 19, 2009 issue of European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. The study led by Nanri A and colleagues from International Medical center of Japan in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan found that in November, people with their serum levels of vitamin D falling in the highest quartile were 49 percent less likely to feel depressed.… continue reading
Sunscreen Alzheimer’s link probed
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
2 days ago The frightening possibility of Alzheimer’s disease being induced by the sunscreen used every summer by tens of millions of holidaymakers is being investigated by academics. Sun worshipers are constantly told of the importance of using sunscreen, but the University of Ulster says two of it experts have been given substantial funding by the European Union to explore the possible links between the sunscreen and the brain disease.… continue reading
