In the News
Call For Increase In Vitamin D
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
The newest star of the nutritional world is clearly vitamin D. Most people don’t get enough of this wonder nutrient and increase their risk of several diseases by being deficient. Recently, major medical groups have called for policy changes regarding vitamin D, including an increase in the current recommended daily allowance and new testing guidelines to look for deficiencies.… continue reading
The problem with sunscreens
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
The Sun, she is bothersome. We know this. Living in South Africa where it often shines and children love to play outside, parents have become obsessed with protecting their darlings from the harsh unhealthy rays of our greatest national asset. If not, skin cancer is inevitable we’ve been led to believe.… continue reading
Got vitamin D?
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
It’s daylight savings time, which means everyone nabs an extra hour of sunlight each day. But even so, you might not catch all the rays you need to help your body make vitamin D. An increasingly popular topic of health stories, vitamin D is actually a hormone the body makes when it absorbs ultraviolet beams of sunlight and it is pivotal to bone health, experts say.… continue reading
‘Vitamin D Prevents Cancer… is it True?
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
TORONTO – Carole Baggerly, a breast cancer survivor and director of GrassrootsHealth (www.grassrootshealth.org), is visiting Toronto to discuss the importance of vitamin D as it relates to cancer. As part of the worldwide vitamin D project D(*)action, she will be presenting a series of seminars with Dr.… continue reading
Vitamin D Deficiency Has Emerged as a Silent Epidemic
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
WASHINGTON, — As we get ready to change our clocks for Daylight Saving Time, the National Milk Mustache “got milk?” Campaign is declaring it Vitamin D Day to raise awareness of the important role of the “sunshine vitamin.” Even though we have the ability to make our own vitamin D when the ultraviolet rays of the sun hit our skin, many Americans fail to get enough vitamin D.… continue reading
