For years, vitamin D was the Rodney Dangerfield of the nutrition world: It got no respect.
Vitamin D was viewed as a nutrient necessary in children to prevent rickets, a small quantity necessary to prevent osteopenia (bone-thinning) in adults. Mothers forced foul-tasting cod liver oil on their children. End of story.
But today anyone engaged in Web-based health conversations or reading the newspapers can't help but stumble across many of the unexpected and wonderful new observations...
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Vitamin D: the newest coronary risk factor? It's probably one of the most exciting health phenomena I've stumbled across in... Read more »
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Recent studies have shed doubt on the effects of certain vitamins, making it harder for people to know which are the best vitamins to help them... Read more »
A new study reveals that one third of Americans don't get enough Vitamin D. The report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that... Read more »
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Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Cholecalciferol; Vitamin D3; Ergocalciferol; Vitamin D2 Recommendations Ten to 15 minutes of sunshine three times weekly is enough to... Read more »
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