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Plasma vitamin D predicted weight loss in obese individuals
Saturday, June 13, 2009
The Endocrine Society’s 91st Annual Meeting There may be a potential role for vitamin D in weight loss, possibly through the effects of adipose metabolism, according to new study data presented Thursday. After 11 weeks of a calorie-restricted weight loss program, obese individuals demonstrated weight loss.… continue reading
Easy on the SPF: Can too much be dangerous?
Friday, June 12, 2009
You see and hear about it all the time – people preaching about the dangers of ultraviolet rays while lathering on the sunscreen. Neutrogena even upped the anti-sun ante this May with its SPF 100+, outdoing Banana Boat’s next highest SPF 85.… continue reading
Sun protection versus vitamin D deficiency – a dilemma
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Examiner.com
USA Sunscreen is necessary to protect yourself from skin cancer, but using sunscreen has one negative effect: it prevents your body from making vitamin D and can lead to vitamin D deficiency. Vitamin D is not only crucial to protect against bone loss and osteoporosis, but it might also protect against autoimmune diseases, rheumatoid arthritis, juvenile diabetes and multiple sclerosis.… continue reading
Forrest Mims III: UV exposure is good or bad, depending on whom you ask
Thursday, June 11, 2009
The Country Scientist – The sun may be without spots lately, but its ultraviolet rays are still most intense during June and July. I know this well, because each day at solar noon (1:30 p.m. today), I don dark, wraparound sun goggles and carry two cases to the center of the field by the little farm house that serves as my office.… continue reading
Vitamin D Deficiency Causes Multiple Sclerosis in Children
Thursday, June 11, 2009
By David Gutierrez, staff writer (NaturalNews)
Children who develop multiple sclerosis have substantially lower levels of vitamin D than children who do not develop the disease, according to a series of studies presented at an international conference on multiple sclerosis in Montreal.… continue reading
