At GrassrootsHealth, one of our goals is to provide information about the importance of maintaining a vitamin D blood level of 40-60 ng/ml, as recommended by our panel of 48 international vitamin D scientists....
Written by Cedric F. Garland, Dr. P.H. F.A.C.E. University of California at San Diego Medical Center Note: References, e.g. (1), are located below. Although it afflicts 232,000 American women each year and kills 40,000...
Results from the SUNSHINE trial, a randomized clinical trial testing whether vitamin D supplementation improves outcomes in advanced or metastatic colorectal cancer patients, was published last week (April 9, 2019) in JAMA. In this...
GrassrootHealth believes that the key to moving research into practice is to equip individuals with the knowledge needed to take charge of their own health. By providing people with information about the health benefits...
We are often asked, “If I eat a healthy diet, can’t I get enough vitamin D from food alone?”. Our response is “Generally, no – most people will need to supplement to reach the...
March is MS Awareness Month, and we have been profiling how vitamin D can be used to address multiple sclerosis (MS). In the past, we asked you, our readers, to help us document what...
In September 2015, the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) initiated a new standard of care for pregnant women that included routine vitamin D testing and supplementation to reduce preterm birth. Results from year...
When I was 10, I had a friend who was a terrific playmate and fellow canyon explorer. We’ll call him Tom. He had a suspicious streak in him. He told me he thought that...
Every now and again, we see a study showing a “U-shaped” or “J-shaped” curve in relation to vitamin D status. Today we are going to explore a bit about what that means. What is...
Do you or someone you know have MS? Are you/they aware of the connection between vitamin D and MS? The information we see is quite clear — vitamin D matters a LOT! With approximately...