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...
Vitamin D toxicity is a rare imbalance, usually caused by excessive vitamin D supplementation, that can lead to hypercalcemia (increased calcium in the blood), hyperphosphatemia (increased phosphate in the blood), and suppressed serum PTH...
Too much information It is hard to know what to do with nutrient related information these days. Is it correct? Would it help your health condition? With any nutrient, including vitamin D, you could...
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...
Our very first D*action test results came in just over 9 years ago, in January 2009. Over 11,500 individuals have now taken part in our “observational field trial” by sharing their vitamin D test...
Introducing GrassrootsHealth Participant Eva Cardoza King My name is Eva Cardoza King. I have been married for 33 years and have two beautiful grown daughters and two beautiful grandchildren. I live in the Sierra Foothills...
Whenever a study comes out that has questionable benefits for vitamin D the press reports it ad nauseam. In addition, the study below is almost always referenced. So, it is time to make sure...
February 8, 2018 According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates, this winter’s flu season is on track to be worse than that of the 2014-2015 season when 34 million Americans...
A recent article published in the East-Bay Area, California, makes a rousing cry for change within the healthcare system in order to protect Black mothers and their babies. The very detailed article interviews...
As I read the headlines I wonder, is this true? Is vitamin D really not necessary for preventing fractures in community-dwelling adults? And by the way… what is a community-dwelling adult? Curious minds prevailed...