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Higher vitamin D levels could save thousands of lives
Thursday, April 8, 2010
CTV.ca News Staff
About 37,000 lives a year would be saved if more Canadians simply increased their daily vitamin D intake to recommended levels, says a study funded by a non-profit group dedicated to raising awareness of the vitamin.
The study estimates that increased vitamin D blood levels would reduce incidence of a variety of conditions, including cardiovascular diseases, multiple sclerosis, pneumonia and cancer.
… continue readingSeasonal flu vaccines increase risk of pandemic H1N1 flu, stunned scientists discover
Thursday, April 8, 2010
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
(NaturalNews) I remember the H1N1 “swine flu” season of 2009 very well. People were rushing out to get vaccinated, scared half to death by the mainstream media which was pushing false reports that the swine flu would kill tens of millions of people and that only a vaccine could save you.… continue reading
Vitamin D could save Germany €40 billion in health costs
Thursday, April 8, 2010
By Stephen Daniells,
Ensuring the German population gets adequate intakes of vitamin D could save the country about €37.5 billion in health care costs, according to a new review. Writing in Molecular Nutrition & Food Research, Professor Armin Zittermann from Ruhr University Bochum states that up to 45 per cent of the German population could be vitamin D insufficient, with an additional 15 to 30 per cent deficient, thereby putting them at risk at a variety of health problems.… continue readingHigher vitamin D levels could save thousands of lives a year: economic analysis
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
By: THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO – A new study estimates that if more Canadians increased their intake of vitamin D, the death rate could fall by 16 per cent, or as many as 37,000 premature deaths a year.… continue reading
