Is There a Ratio of Vitamin D to Vitamin K?
Video Friday: How can you know that you are getting enough of both vitamins D and K? Dr. Susan Brown, expert in bone health, explains in today’s featured video Key Points Vitamin D intake...
Is there an Optimal Daily Dose of Vitamin D for Immune Function?
Video Friday: This short clip reviews research on vitamin D for immune function, respiratory infections, COVID-19, and the potential for vitamin D toxicity This short, educational video features Dr. Roger Seheult and Dr. Rhonda...
Health Issues Related to Magnesium Deficiency
An estimated 42% of young adults have ongoing magnesium deficiency, which could lead to several health complaints Magnesium is the fourth most abundant mineral in the human body. It is involved in over 300...
Understanding the Balance between Magnesium, Calcium and Vitamin D
Nutrient intervention studies and individuals may get unexpected results when they don’t include evaluating co-nutrient intake or status Nutrients function in collaboration with each other in a co-dependent relationship. If one co-nutrient is limited,...
Do You Need to Take Vitamin K2 with Vitamin D?
Video Friday: Dr. John Campbell reviews the scientific evidence to determine if supplementing with vitamin K2 with vitamin D is absolutely necessary It’s Video Friday! Today’s video addresses a frequently asked question among GrassrootsHealth...
Vitamin D and Calcium are Not Necessary for Bone Health in Older Adults – Is this True?
What to consider when headlines claim no benefit for vitamin D in bone health, falls and fractures Whenever a study comes out that questions the known benefits of vitamin D the press reports it...
What does Vitamin D do for Your Bones & Muscles?
What is Vitamin D Good For? (Part 1: Musculoskeletal System) Vitamin D is needed by virtually every cell in the body and is essential for the proper function of hundreds of physiological processes Lately...
Vitamin C Also Helps Protect Your Bones
Video Friday: Why ASCORBATE VITAMIN C is such a VITAL nutrient for those with OSTEOPOROSIS by Dr. Susan Brown of BetterBones.com Vitamin C has many roles within the body that help keep us healthy...
Infantile Rickets Causes Devastation to Families, Even Today
If something so devastating can be so easily prevented, why is it still a problem? GrassrootsHealth occasionally receives an email from a parent or grandparent struggling with the consequences of infantile rickets, often mis-diagnosed...
Dr. Reinhold Vieth Presents Evidence of the Biology of Evolution to Demonstrate How a Person’s Skin Color Impacts Vitamin D Levels and Health Outcomes
There is an outstanding question right now in this COVID-19 pandemic of why persons of darker skinned ethnicities are literally dying at a rate 2.5 times higher than lighter skinned individuals. In some articles,...