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Vitamin D: Does Megadosing Help?

Vitamin D has been touted of late as helping prevent everything from osteoporosis (it does), to cancer (it might), to cardiovascular disease (the jury’s out). With its newfound fame, vitamin D has engendered a group of followers claiming “more is better” – why limit yourself to the recommended 600 IU daily, when 10,000 IU... Read moreChevron
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The Skinny Celebrity: Role Model Gone Wrong?

Have you ever heard of Gwyneth Paltrow?She’s a veteran actor, a 37-year-old Academy Award-winning performer once engaged to Brad Pitt – you’ve heard of him, right? She’s also the celebrity “face” of Estée Lauder's Pleasures perfume.Her mom is Blythe Danner, a name that might be more familiar to older... Read moreChevron
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Question of the Week: Does Calcium and Vitamin D Prevent Fractures?

Hey everybody; we haven't done a Question of the Week for a while, so I thought it was time to get everybody together again to discuss a recent study showing the benefits of vitamin D and calcium in preventing fractures.   We get a lot of question on our Ask a Question forum about side effects, and we'd like to discuss options for... Read moreChevron
posted 03/07/2010, comments (17)|
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Getting the Most From Your Vitamin D: Drugs That Interfere With it's Absorption

In our previous posts on vitamin D we've discussed how to get your serum D level checked, how much D you need to include in your diet - either through supplement, foods or sun - how much sun you need to get to produce a substantial amount of D and many other topics.  One thing we haven't discussed is the medications that could interfere with... Read moreChevron
posted 01/31/2010, comments (7)|
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Part II On Vitamin D: Calculating How Much D You Get From the Sun

The most important place to start to determine how much D you needed is to have your vitamin D storage levels checked.  This test will tell you if you are sufficient, insufficient, deficient, or in the toxic level; but these numbers are a greatly debated subject among various D researchers and doctor's in general.  See our last post on... Read moreChevron
posted 12/31/2009, comments (6)|
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