Vitamin D controversy in the news
January 14, 2016 A paper was recently published that launched an attack on vitamin D. The paper, by lead researcher Heike A. Bischoff-Ferrari, MD, Dr PH, studied whether vitamin D would prevent functional decline...
Does vitamin D protect your brain?
January 6, 2016 Dementia encompasses a broad category of brain diseases that cause long term and gradual decline of brain function, usually starting with memory loss and increasing to loss of bodily functions. Alzheimer’s...
Your Nutrient Profile
December 30, 2015 While vitamin D is important, it is not the only nutrient or strategy that we use to improve our health and prevent disease. GrassrootsHealth is in the process of expanding our...
Vitamin D Implementation Expands for YOU
December 16, 2015 It’s happening! Your participation in the D*action project as well as the implementation of our Protect our Children NOW! project in South Carolina at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)...
The gift of measurement for YOU
December 10, 2015 Using data from our D*action project, we have created D*calculator. With this calculator you can enter your current vitamin D serum level, your desired vitamin D serum level, and your weight....
Let’s give thanks to vitamin D!
November 25, 2015 GrassrootsHealth was established to get the message of vitamin D beyond academic journals, out to people who could put the existing information to use in their own lives or the lives...
Role of sunlight in achieving vitamin D sufficiency
October 28, 2015 WHY is there so much vitamin D deficiency?? We had a news table at a large pharmacy recently where we had information about vitamin D, and of course, testing. The most...
It’s Breast Cancer Prevention Month
October 1, 2015 Breast cancer has taken the lives of some of the best people I have known, and derailed the lives of others. Of course, at the time, I knew nothing of vitamin...
Medical University of South Carolina Leads the Way!
September 10, 2015 EVERY new prenatal patient at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) will now be screened for vitamin D deficiency, and, they will have recommended supplementation to get their 25(OH)D serum...