Vitamin D Shines Beyond Bone Health
…considered to be both a vitamin and a hormone? Many of you may have guessed vitamin D and you would be correct! Vitamin D has long been recognized for its…
Children and Vitamin D: What Parents Need to Know
…actual vitamin D deficiency was found to be 12%—but 40% of infants and toddlers had blood levels of vitamin D considered to be suboptimal.[v] Risk factors for vitamin D deficiency…
Vitamin D
Vitamin D Vitamin D is an essential fat-soluble vitamin. Good food sources of vitamin D include: certain fish such as: salmon, mackerels, and sardines.1 Vitamin D can also be found…
Low Vitamin D May Speed Brain Aging
…“were declining about two and a half times faster than those who had adequate vitamin D.” The researchers also noted that the average blood levels of vitamin D (25-OHD) were…
How Does Vitamin D Affect Cardiovascular Disease Risk?
…vitamin D and cardiovascular health by determining the effects of vitamin D supplementation on HDL cholesterol levels in overweight and obese subjects. What did the study find? Researchers were unable…
Does Weight Gain Change Vitamin D Status?
…it less available to the body. This study was designed to help define the relationship between vitamin D and weight by determining the effects of vitamin D supplementation in overweight…
Vitamin D and Sun Exposure
…RJ, Samy G, Miqdady MS, et al. Vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency in Africa and the Middle East, despite year-round sunny days. S Afr Med J. 2015 Jul;105(7):603-5. PMID: 26447257….
Vitamin D and Parkinson’s Disease
…between vitamin deficiency and Parkinson’s disease. Those with vitamin D insufficiency (below 75 nmol/l) had 50 percent increase in risk, and those with vitamin D deficiency (below 50 nmol/l) had…
Do You Need More Vitamin D if You are Overweight?
…to find out how much vitamin D supplementation is required to bring this group up to normal levels. What did the study find? The study found that 5,000 IU of…
Oral Vitamin D and Psoriasis
…suggests a relationship between low serum vitamin D levels and severity of disease, as well as oral vitamin D positively affecting psoriatic arthropathy. J Dermatolog Treat. 2013 Aug;24(4):261-7. (PMID: 22103655)…