Review: Sunshine has many benefits for human health, and a deficiency in sunshine can lead to disease While 2021’s Sunshine Month may be coming to a close, the information covered remains essential year-round to...
Nutrient intervention studies and individuals may get unexpected results when they don’t include evaluating co-nutrient intake or status Key Points Calcium and magnesium are both essential minerals required by all cells to function properly,...
An intake of at least 400 mg/day of magnesium from diet and supplements may decrease the risk of colorectal cancer As the third most common cancer world-wide, colorectal cancer affects millions of lives each...
Video Friday: Healthy Society Series: The Health Benefits of Vitamin D and Solar UVB, presented by Carole Baggerly, Joan Lappe, Carol Wagner, and William Grant It’s Video Friday! This is a video recording (includes...
What is Vitamin D Good For? (Part 7: Cancer Prevention) – Vitamin D is needed by virtually every cell in the body, and is essential for hundreds of processes each and every day Cancer...
At least half do not get enough of this important vitamin D co-nutrient, which is critical to the production and utilization of energy and is important for every cell and pathway in the body...
Video Friday: The math and science used to determine recommended vitamin D serum levels and supplementation amounts, and where the IOM got it wrong It’s Video Friday! Today’s video titled What Serum Level Should...
African Americans have a 15-20 fold higher prevalence of severe vitamin D deficiency, which may account for a majority of their increased health and mortality risks Regardless of skin color, vitamin D deficiency increases...
A secondary analysis of the VITAL trial results found a decreased risk of advanced cancer with vitamin D supplementation with normal BMI Vitamin D has known anticancer effects, and much research has been published...
Breast Cancer Risk ~70% Lower with Higher Vitamin D (60+ ng/ml) – Part 5 In a previous post we summarized an analysis published by GrassrootsHealth that showed women with vitamin D levels at or...