In the News
Vitamin D Deficiency
Friday, August 29, 2008
There now seems to be a connection between breast, colon and prostate cancer and a lack of Vitamin D. Even more amazing, one expert believes 25 per cent of breast cancer deaths could be avoided if the women had maintained adequate vitamin D levels throughout their life…This raises some big questions for Australians who have been living with the sun safe message for the last 20 years.… continue reading
Fads come and go like the seasons
Friday, August 29, 2008
Blue Mountains Courier-Herald
Thornbury,ON,Canada Wow, a great idea from Douglas Nadler’s biodiversity column. He suggested we all read the Globe and Star online instead of cutting down so many trees for the print editions. The logic is a bit flawed because of the electricity (created by coal, oil and gas) needed to power his computer, power the industry that manufactures it, distributes it, and repairs and maintains it.… continue reading
The role of vitamin D for obese
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Due to an increased prevalence of obesity, the incidence and prevalence of type 2 diabetes is increasing dramatically at both a national and international level. At this time, other than bariatric surgery, we have very few effective tools with which to treat obesity.… continue reading
Vitamin D and Sunlight
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Michael F. Holick Department of Medicine, Section of Endocrinology, Nutrition, and Diabetes, Vitamin D, Skin and Bone Research Laboratory, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts Correspondence: Dr. Michael F. Holick, Boston University School of Medicine, 715 Albany Street, M-1013, Boston, MA.… continue reading
Study Finds Vitamin D Levels Too Low in Seniors
Thursday, August 28, 2008
By Greg Arnold, DC, CSCS
A new study (1) has found that vitamin D blood levels in seniors is too low and needs to be increased. The study involved 80 participants aged 65 to 89 years of age, 74% of whom had low blood levels of vitamin D (12-31 nanograms per milliliter), yet they consumed more than the recommended 400 to 600 IU per day of vitamin D (2).… continue reading
