The paper from Zheng et al., a meta-analysis of 21 studies on omega-3s and risk of breast cancer, concludes that higher consumption of omega-3s corresponds with lower risk of breast cancer. The chart below...
How successful were people on getting vitamin D to recommended ranges (40-60 ng/ml) on sunshine and food alone? Data from over 1500 people who do just that.
NHANES report on vitamin D levels, separated by race. African-American children have the highest levels of deficiency due to darker skin pigment.
NHANES data on children, under 18 years old, separated by age. Only 9% overall are in recommended ranges.
Percent Change in Omega-3 Index by Supplement Amount Individual responses vary greatly with supplementation – that is why you need to test! For example, from a study of 115 people (N=115), those taking 1800 mg...
Vitamin D plays a large part in overall bone health and bone strength, and optimizing vitamin D status can increase bone strength and help prevent a break. The analysis referenced above was limited to participants...
This figure shows a plot of the 25(OH)D values as a function of reported vitamin D intake amounts. The black dotted line is the best fit line through the data, the blue lines...
Does your skin color affect your chance of vitamin D deficiency? Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) III shows that non-Hispanic blacks are at more than 10 times greater risk...
A study recently published by Srinivasan et al. looked at 25(OH)D serum levels of 80 preterm infants (gestation less than 34 weeks). Objectives of the study were to determine the vitamin D levels in...
Results of multiple studies regarding the association between 25(OH)D and various diseases...