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...
A Participant Story Published January 2018 The Pivotal Moment for Tom I lost my wife to Lymphoma in 2009 after being diagnosed in 1999. We discovered her vitamin D level was 9 ng/ml, while...
First published March 2016 Tell us a little bit about yourself: My name is Ana Claudia, and I’m 47 years old. I’m from Brazil but I have lived in the US for the past...
Do you often hear that you get ‘enough’ vitamin D from milk? It is a common misconception that continues to be propagated. How much vitamin D is in a glass of milk? One 8-oz...
William Grant, PhD, presents a 50 minute talk on vitamin D and health. A summary is below. Vitamin D Physiology Grant starts with a definition of terms and general functions associated with vitamin...
Barbara Haplea Married 52 years, 3 sons, 4 grandchildren 75 years old Huron, Ohio Interview conducted February 2016 How did you hear about GrassrootsHealth? In August 2009 I found a lump in my breast,...
A case control study using 100 patients in a private clinic in Pakistan found that vitamin D improved FEV1 measurements for asthmatics within two months, and even more by three months. How the Study...
Lower Vitamin D Levels = Increased Health Care Costs After studying two North-East German health cohorts, which included records from over 7,000 patients, researchers concluded that there is “an influence of vitamin D deficiency...
In an analysis of GrassrootsHealth D*action data, participants who have a vitamin D level of at least 40ng/ml (100 nmol/L), cut their risk of cold and flu by 15% and 41% respectively compared to...