Harness the Sun: UV Strength
May 18, 2016 The ultraviolet index or UV index is a measurement of the strength of the sun’s ultraviolet rays. It is 0 in the dark of night and 10-11 in the middle of...
Harness the Sun: skin type and overall health
May 11, 2016 Harness the Power of the Sun for Health! Do you know why we chose the word ‘harness’? The definition of harness is to bring under conditions for effective use, to gain...
D*action Sponsorships
April 27, 2016 Our recent paper, Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Concentrations ≥40 ng/ml Are Associated with >65% Lower Cancer Risk: Pooled Analysis of Randomized Trial and Prospective Cohort Study, published April 6 in PLOS ONE,...
Know your D level
April 13, 2016 Last week, we presented the results of a study that we did with a combination of YOUR data and data from the randomized trial published in 2007 by Drs Lappe and...
Lower risk of cancer with vitamin D
April 6, 2016 Today, April 6, 2016, is the release of a truly definitive paper about vitamin D and cancer. In 2007, I read a paper by Lappe et al. and, cried. It was...
Role of sunlight in achieving vitamin D sufficiency
October 28, 2015 WHY is there so much vitamin D deficiency?? We had a news table at a large pharmacy recently where we had information about vitamin D, and of course, testing. The most...
Role of Food Fortification with D Deficiency
October 14, 2015 At a seminar in Toronto in 2009, we had a panel of Drs Whiting, Heaney, Vieth and others addressing the question “What do we DO about it worldwide?” To solve the...
Higher vitamin D levels may lower cancer risk
October 7, 2015 As you know, I am a breast cancer survivor (sometimes I say I’m a breast cancer treatment survivor). While the cancer is gone, the trauma of the treatments will have a...