March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
Colorectal Cancer – the Statistics Colorectal cancer is a combined term to include cancer of the colon and cancer of the rectum. Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer worldwide. In the US,...
Fibromyalgia and Other ‘Catch-All’ Diseases
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...
Could Vitamin D Prevent a Flu Epidemic?
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...
Vitamin D and Calcium is Not Necessary for Older Adults – Is this True?
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...
Faster Surgical Recovery with Vitamin D
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...
Overcoming MS with Vitamin D
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...
Participant Story: Barb Haplea – Vitamin D and Breast Cancer
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,...
Vitamin D Hacking Using Science
Why is vitamin D important? GrassroosHealth summarized many different research papers into one chart in order to explain why vitamin D levels are critical to disease prevention: What? How do I read this? GrassrootsHealth...
Is Your Vitamin D Serum Level the Best Indicator of Your Cancer Risk?
GrassrootsHealth is in the business of moving research into practice. After reading all the research on vitamin D and cancer, even if some of the papers received bad reviews, we conclude that yes –...
Omega-3s Could Lessen Depression
There are over 23,000 published research papers supporting the positive health benefits of omega-3 fatty acids. This article will focus on some of the research around brain health, specifically depression. As we continue to...