Tag vitamin D

5 Feb

Getting Your Vitamin D

Vitamin D is essential for bone health, but that doesn’t mean you have to risk the effects of sun damage just to get your daily dose.  UV rays can cause premature aging of the skin and skin cancer, whereas dietary sources of Vitamin D don’t. Your body must have vitamin D to absorb calcium and […]

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16 Jan

To Vitamin D or not? Further Information

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Two leading experts in the field of vitamin D agreed to disagree yesterday here at the 2013 European Congress on Endocrinology during a lighthearted debate on the subject of whether or not everyone needs more vitamin D. But their arguments were backed up by some serious science, and they both concurred that there […]

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30 Oct

Today’s Headlines: Vitamin D and Breast Cancer by Dr. Mark Bishara, MD

Low Vitamin D Tied to Aging Problems: A new study has found that low vitamin D levels in people over 55 are associated with an inability to perform ordinary tasks of daily life. Dutch researchers studied two groups of older people – one of 725 men and women aged 55 to 65, and another of […]

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