In the News
Toronto Conference Targets the Vitamin D Deficiency Crisis
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Ontario health care professionals will hear firsthand from some of the world’s leading vitamin D experts about the current vitamin D deficiency crisis in North America at an international conference on the diagnosis and treatment of vitamin D deficiency in Toronto November 3.… continue reading
Need a source? November is Vitamin D Awareness Month in Canada
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Vitamin D Deficiency – linked to significantly higher rates of most cancers, heart disease, autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis, and even flu – affects 97 per cent of Canadians. Yet fewer than 3 per cent of Canadians say they know their vitamin D blood levels.… continue reading
Why governments are selling Vitamin D short
Thursday, October 29, 2009
By Sam Apple
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/11180df8-beaa-11de-b4ab-00144feab49a.html
Sunlight 10,000 IU from 15-20 minutes of midday summer sun Oysters 270 International Units (IU) of vitamin D per half-dozen Dried shiitake mushrooms 172 IU per 100g Reinhold Vieth is frustrated. A thin, bald professor at the University of Toronto’s Department of Laboratory Medicine and Patho-biology, Vieth is among the most knowledgeable people in the world on the subject of vitamin D.… continue reading
1 in 5 kids get little vitamin D, study says
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
By Lindsey Tanner
CHICAGO — At least one in five U.S. children aged 1 to 11 don’t get enough vitamin D and could be at risk for a variety of health problems including weak bones, the most recent national analysis suggests.… continue reading
Vitamin D prevents breast cancer – study
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
October is the Breast Cancer Awareness Month. In this month, we’d encourage women to learn something that they can use to prevent the disease. Don’t donate money to cancer organizations hoping they will get you a cure. The federal government has already invested billions of taxpayers’ dollars in cancer research.… continue reading
