Archive for 'Vitamin D'
With More “D”s, You Get More “A”s
British Study Links Vitamin D to Mental Sharpness Writing a book about health is a lot like buying a laptop, iPod, or any other piece of advanced technology: Before you know it, your top-of-the-line machinery has been replaced by something new and more advanced. I often feel this way when writing books. For instance, I’m [...]
Posted: May 23rd, 2009 under Vitamin D.
Tags: mental health, Sunlight, sunlight vitamin d, vitamin d benefits, vitamin d deficiency
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Latest Fat ‘D’fender
Study: Fat Tummies Tied to Low Vitamin D Levels in Adolescents It’s hard for me to recall a time in which there was more attention paid to a specific vitamin. It reminds me of those Sesame Street skits, where throughout the episode, the voiceover announcer would say “This has been brought to you by [...]
Posted: March 17th, 2009 under Vitamin D, Vitamin Deficiencies.
Tags: vitamin d children deficiency, vitamin d children dosage
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Blocking Heart Attack Risk with Heavy ‘D’
Study: Heart Attack Prevalence Highest Among Men Low in Vitamin D If you’re a regular reader of my column, you’ve probably noticed that I’ve referenced the tragic death of Tim Russert with some consistency lately. I do this not only because his death shocked me as well as many others around the world who admired [...]
Posted: June 24th, 2008 under Heart Health, Vitamin D.
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Good Health & the Sunshine Vitamin
A study led by Austrian researchers has recently grabbed the attention of the medical world today. The patients within this study were tested for their vitamin D levels and in consequence their health record and futures as well. It was found that the patients who displayed lower levels of vitamin D were 2 times more [...]
Posted: June 24th, 2008 under Vitamin D.
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Vitamin D: The Versatile Vitamin
You may already know that Vitamin D can help prevent the onset of osteoporosis and fractures but for many people this is the extent of what they know about this vitamin. More and more studies are beginning to uncover a number of new benefits related to Vitamin D such as its ability to prevent cancers, [...]
Posted: May 27th, 2008 under Cancer, Diabetes, Heart Disease, Vitamin D.
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Benefits of Vitamin D for Tuberculosis Patients
New and developmental research was recently released at the Society for Endocrinology BES meeting in Harrogate, that the majority of patients suffering from Tuberculosis (TB) have a Vitamin D deficiency. This new information is bringing up new questions that are related to Vitamin D and how using this fat-soluble vitamin can help not only reinforce [...]
Posted: April 13th, 2008 under Tuberculosis, Vitamin D.
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Prevention of Cancer Associated with Sunshine
Vitamin D is a strong and complex vitamin that can be significantly found through sunlight and several different studies have been completed to suggest that vitamin D can in fact prevent different types of cancers. Dr. Louise Parker is a well known epidemiologist as well as expert when it comes to the environmental exposure that [...]
Posted: February 21st, 2008 under Cancer, Vitamin D.
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Benefits of Vitamin D for Heart Disease
Vitamin D deficiency has most commonly been associated with symptoms such as osteoporosis, osteomalacia, mineralization of the bone and more. Today, studies have been released that are now stating a deficiency of Vitamin D levels can actually cause different types of cardiovascular diseases. The more Vitamin D in your system the less you have to [...]
Posted: January 18th, 2008 under Vitamin D.
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Vitamin D Helps Stop Bone Loss Caused by Antiseizure Drugs, Study Concludes
A study published in the journal Neurology suggests supplementing with high levels of vitamin D can help stem the bone loss caused by the long-term use of antiseizure medication. The fact that antiseizure medications used to control epilepsy expedite the breakdown of bones, often leading to bone loss and osteoporosis is old news. The fact [...]
Posted: October 23rd, 2007 under osteoporosis, Vitamin D.
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Cancer Risk Drastically Reduced by Vitamin D and Calcium Intake, Research Concludes
Vitamin D and calcium can reduce cancer risk by as much as 77 percent according to recent research conducted at the Creighton University School of Medicine in Nebraska. Types of cancer included in these findings are breast cancer, skin cancer, colon cancer and other forms of cancer. The study consisted of 1,179 healthy women from [...]
Posted: June 12th, 2007 under Cancer, Vitamin D.
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