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Since so many people are taking Vitamin D supplements because of its supposed health benefits, the question becomes - how much is too much? For those desiring to take vitamin D supplements, what is a good maintenance dosage to take daily? That question has not been answered from the studies I've seen other than 1000 ...continue reading "How Frequent is Vitamin D Toxicity?"
More details are needed about this specific research, but this has been said before: foods are good, but supplements can be problematic. Here extra vitamins and minerals are linked to higher rates of cancer. From Science Daily: Excessive use of dietary supplements linked to increase cancer risk While dietary supplements may be advertised to promote ...continue reading "Supplements Linked to Higher Cancer Risk?"
More discussion of the benefits of vitamin D. From Science Daily: Vitamin D deficiency, depression linked in international study Vitamin D deficiency is not just harmful to physical health -- it also might impact mental health, according to a team of researchers that has found a link between seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, and a ...continue reading "Sunlight, Vitamin D, and Seasonal Affective Disorder"
The following medical article (actually an interview with Prof. Cedric F Garland, Department of Family & Preventive Medicine, University of California San Diego School of Medicine) is strongly in favor of Americans getting their Vitamin D levels tested, and taking vitamin D3 (if needed) to raise serum levels of vitamin D's metabolite 25(OH)D to at ...continue reading "Strong Case for Raising Vitamin D Levels"
An assortment of vitamin and health articles from the past year. (Note: Some other major Vitamin D study results were posted earlier this year, as well as today - search Vitamin D). Whether one should take vitamins is still being debated, with the most support being for supplementation with Vitamin D (specifically D3).The first summary ...continue reading "Much is Still Unknown About Vitamins and Health"
Two studies published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) looked at Vitamin D. From NY Times: Low Vitamin D Levels Linked to Disease in Two Big Studies People with low vitamin D levels are more likely to die from cancer and heart disease and to suffer from other illnesses, scientists reported in two large studies published on ...continue reading "What Does Vitamin D Do?"
Two studies about Vitamin D. From Science Daily: Vitamin D increases breast cancer patient survival, study shows Breast cancer patients with high levels of vitamin D in their blood are twice as likely to survive the disease as women with low levels of this nutrient, report University of California, San Diego School of Medicine researchers ...continue reading "Importance of Vitamin D"
Keep in mind that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that all adults take 400 micrograms of folic acid daily. From the January 21, 2014 Science Daily: Large Amounts of Folic Acid Shown to Promote Growth of Breast Cancer in Rats Folic acid supplements at levels consumed by breast cancer patients and ...continue reading "Folic Acid Supplements and Breast Cancer?"
The studies finding health harms from ultra-processed foods keep coming. Ultra-processed foods are food products manufactured with all sorts of ingredients (additives) not normally found in our kitchens. Examples of such ingredients are: emulsifiers, carrageenan, mono- and diglycerides, soy lecithin, polysorbate, cellulose, colors, titanium dioxide, high fructose corn syrup, hydrogenated oils, dextrose, whey protein, nitrates, ...continue reading "Over 30 Health Harms Associated With Ultra-Processed Foods"
Another recent study found numerous health benefits in persons following an intermittent fasting-like diet for 3 months. It resulted in changes in blood and liver markers indicating a lower risk for several diseases (e.g., diabetes), and it reduced biological age 2.5 years. Researchers found that following a diet that mimics fasting 5 days, then a ...continue reading "A Five Day Fasting-Mimicking Diet Has Health Benefits"