How to Start with Vitamin D
Today we wanted to give you a blog that is meant for someone new to vitamin D. For most of you on our subscription this is old news – so we ask for you...
How to interpret the VITAL results for public health
How can we interpret the vastly different reports about the VITAL Randomized Controlled Trial of vitamin D and omega-3? Is there truly “…no lower incidence of major invasive cancer or cardiovascular events than placebo”...
Congratulations to the Vitamin D Scientists!
Congratulations to the scientists from our International Scientists Panel who made Expertscape’s list of the top 12 experts in Vitamin D Deficiency! Expertscape, an organization that ranks persons according to their demonstrated expertise in...
Postpone Chronic Disease
Given that we have longer lifespans, how can we live healthy until we die? Between 1900 and 2000 the average US lifespan has increased from 47 to 77 years. What if you wished for...
Where do breast cancer donations go? Is it worth the walk?
We all want to eliminate breast cancer. It has touched most every life and is a brutal disease – the diagnosis, the treatment, and possibly death. But where should we give our money to...
Do mammograms prevent breast cancer?
No! Source: CDC, US cancer statistics (choose United States, Female Breast) Breast cancer awareness month was started in 1985 with a goal of promoting mammography as the best weapon against breast cancer. Since that...
Health and Vitality at 62
Tell us a little about yourself. My name is Alison Lee. I live in the forested mountains of Western North Carolina. How did you hear about GrassrootsHealth & vitamin D? For years, I have...
Three Steps to Decreasing Your Breast Cancer Risk
GrassrootsHealth promotes health change through research. There are many research articles which conclude that vitamin D levels above 60 ng/ml (150 nmol/L) may significantly reduce your chance of getting breast cancer. Read about some...
Leadership: What it Takes to Change the Vitamin D Paradigm for Public Health
September 27, 2018 By Carole Baggerly Last week, I was at the FDA in Washington, DC to present a health claim petition about the effect of vitamin D on preterm birth prevention, with Dr....
Why FDA Approval is Important to Vitamin D
History Try this experiment. Go to your medicine cabinet and pull out your vitamins. Read the small print. Do they make any health claims? For example, we have reported many times that vitamin D...