Children with severe mental health disorders, including psychosis, have twice the rate of vitamin D insufficiency as mentally healthy children, new research suggests.
Another great article pointing out that Vitamin D3 is a major concern for many in the USA. Get your blood test today and find out where you are!
I recently read a few articles on vitamin D and how a deficiency can lead to arteries to stiffen and harden. This is not good considering the stiffening of arteries can make it more likely for a heart attack. A study was done with people with the average age of 47, and the results came [...]
So i was reading around on the subject of Vitamin D, Obviously, and i happen to come across an article on older women with bone density issues. Some key points that were made to help strengthen Their bones, was exercise, calcium and vitamin D. I thought this was an awesome fact that doctors would push [...]
I just read an article that said in Scotland they are trying to do studies to figure out vitamin D deficiency and that they will review the required intake. It makes me happy to see not only our country concerned about the intake and levels of vitamin D, but the world concerned as well. Its [...]
Ive been reading a lot on vitamin D and i came across this pretty in detail article on vitamin D and appropriate use. check it out : http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/738275
I came across a small article that talked about a study in Poland, where children age 5 to 18 with newly diagnosed asthma were given either a placebo or a vitamin D supplement. The group that had the vitamin D had fewer asthma attacks over the period of the study. This really made me excited [...]
i am more and more convinced that vitamin D is really important for skeletal health. I read this Article on how vitamin D deficiency affects the bone growth as a child, and causes pain as an adult. This article showed pictures of legs that bowed because of rickets and talked about how muscle pain and [...]
There was an article i read that did a study with diabetes patience. They gave different groups certain foods, with more and less vitamin D. What they found was that the group with more vitamin D had improvement in their blood sugar levels. I think this is really interesting, and helpful to know because even [...]
There is a lot of talk about how much vitamin D we should intake daily. I read this article that said 4,00 to 8,00 IU are needed to maintain blood levels of metabolites to help reduce diseases such as breast cancer and diabetes. There are tons of studies and articles that have been coming out [...]