Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Vitamin D: the newest coronary risk factor?

    Vitamin D: the newest coronary risk factor?   It's probably one of the most exciting health phenomena I've stumbled across in the last 10 years: I am absolutely, 100% convinced that deficiency of vitamin D is an enormously powerful risk for heart disease.   Wh...
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12/30/07 2:12pm
I've been researching how much D one should take. There's data indicating that by increasing calcium absorption, one actually increases risks for arterial plaque build-ups. For now, I'm inclined to I'm sticking to obtaining vitamin D from 3 sources: a calcium+magnesium+d3 supplement plus my multivitamin, and a D supplement, for a total of 2000 IU's a day.

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