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Dorian Martin

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Menopausal Women Need to be Vigilant about Vitamin D Intake

So are you getting your vitamin D? Unfortunately, some international reports are finding that women who are going through menopause may not be getting enough of this critical vitamin. One study out of Spain followed 3,574 women, ages 45-68, who were in perimenopause as well as those who were postmenopausal. The researchers looked at these... Read more Chevron

posted 11/11/2011, comments (0)|

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Dorian Martin

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New Report Offers Vitamin D, Calcium Recommendations for Menopausal Women

Why should women who are nearing menopause be concerned about the new report by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academies about intakes of calcium and vitamin D? Well, let’s start with kidney stones. The IOM report’s authors noted that postmenopausal women who are taking calcium supplements may be consuming too much... Read more Chevron

posted 11/30/2010, comments (0)|

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Sandy Greenquist

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Vitamin D: What’s All the Fuss?

A large and growing amount of evidence on the benefits of vitamin D and the risks of its deficiency has been predominantly ignored until recent years. Vitamin D deficiency has very few obvious outward signs which may account for the lack of attention previously paid. Several years ago a nutrition expert I often consult with told me that, based... Read more Chevron

posted 02/18/2009, comments (2)|

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Toni Hurst

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The Sun Gets A Bad Rap: Vitamin D, My Bones and the Rest of My Body

For the last 30 years, we've been told over and over about the dangers of the sun. Everyone from my husband to my wonderful dermatologist tells me, "Stay out of the sun! You have red hair and freckles!" And I've had my share of sun damage, luckily no melanomas, but close enough. I do have very fair skin, but I also have... Read more Chevron

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