GrassrootsHealth has highlighted many studies demonstrating the positive benefits of achieving a prenatal vitamin D level of at least 40 ng/ml with health outcomes affecting both the mother and child, and has continued the...
World Prematurity Day was first started on November 17, 2008 by the European Foundation for the Care of Newborn Infants (EFCNI) at a meeting of European Parents’ Organizations. Since that time, the March of...
In earlier posts we showed that fewer GrassrootsHealth participants who reported that they usually took supplemental vitamin C experienced a cold and the flu compared to those who did not. Vitamin D is also...
A physiological function of vitamin D is to help regulate the absorption of calcium. Low calcium absorption (caused by either low calcium or vitamin D) causes parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels to rise, which increases...
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...
Vitamin D supplements come in a variety of types including liquid-filled capsules, power-filled capsules, pills, and drops or sprays. In an earlier post we showed the percent of participants using each vitamin D supplement...
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, but here at GrassrootsHealth Nutrient Research Institute we prefer to take the opportunity each October to focus on breast cancer prevention. To help educate the public on the...
Some of you may have noticed that your vitamin D blood spot cards from GrassrootsHealth now have a place to enter the time of blood collection. Why is this information important? Earlier this year...
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, but here at GrassrootsHealth Nutrient Research Institute we prefer to take the opportunity each October to focus on breast cancer prevention. To help educate the public on the...
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, but here at GrassrootsHealth Nutrient Research Institute we prefer to take the opportunity each October to focus on breast cancer prevention. To help educate the public on the...