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Bioidentical Vitamin D

Vitamin D is commonly available in two different forms: ergocalciferol, or vitamin D2, and cholecalciferol, or vitamin D3.   D2 is usually the form provided in prescription vitamin D. D2 is often the form added to foods. It is also sold in tablet form in pharmacies and health food stores. D3 is also sold in pharmacies and health food stores... Read moreChevron
posted 11/19/2009, comments (6)|
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Boost Vitamin D Intake to Avoid Infections

While the world frets over the possibility of a swine flu pandemic, is there anything you can do to further protect yourself?   Yes: Take vitamin D.   I say this from experience. Since I began having patients supplement vitamin D to achieve normal blood levels (we aim for 60-70 ng/ml), viral and bacterial infections have become a... Read moreChevron
posted 04/29/2009, comments (3)|
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Vitamin D Heart Health FAQ

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 moreChevron
posted 08/26/2008, comment (1)|
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Vitamin D + You: Not a Vitamin, and Not One Size Fits All

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 moreChevron
posted 08/22/2008, comments (2)|
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Dark Tan? Don't Assume Vitamin D is at a Healthy Level

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 moreChevron
posted 05/20/2008, comment (1)|
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