The excitement over the health benefits of vitamin D have, not unexpectedly, generated lots and lots of questions about how, why, and when to best use it.
Let's review some of the most frequent questions and answers about vitamin D.
Now, please keep in mind that much of this is my opinion, based on clinical experience replacing vitamin D in over... Read more
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... Read more
As the days are getting longer and the days getting sunnier,
many of us are enjoying increasing the melanin in our skin, otherwise known as
a tan. Melanin is the pigment that provides the brownish coloring that grows in
intensity as we tan.
You'd think that by sporting a nice “healthy” tan, having a
normal vitamin D blood... Read more
Roger practically bounced in his chair, vibrating with energy. "I haven't felt like this in years! I can work around the yard all day and still have energy left over. It must be the vitamin D!" Roger's wife rolled her eyes, though with a twinkle and a little smile. At age 84, Roger started out with pretty... Read more
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