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I created this website so you would know
- why you need vitamin D3
- how best to take it.
It's a long story, but this is the short version:
Vitamin D3 will increase your quality-of-life and life-expectancy.
Best way to get D3? Sunlight, nature's own prescription.
But if we avoid the sun, we still have two choices:
- supplement an effective dose, or
- remain vitamin D-deficient.
Choose wisely!
Alex St Clair
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A selection of research articles about vitamin D and its role in protecting your health.
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Vitamin D Research
Jan 2012: Psychiatrists working with the Cooper Institute report that vitamin D deficiency appears to be linked to increased depression.
In what is believed to be the largest such study ever undertaken, records of 12,600 participants from 2006 to 2010 were examined. The researchers found that low vitamin D levels were associated with depressive symptoms.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120105131645.htm
Sep 2011: Updated Vitamin D and Calcium Recommendations.
P A Friedman summarizes the current state of vitamin D research pertaining to dosage.
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/738275
Feb 2011: Daily vitamin D intakes of 4000-8000 IU are required to reduce the risk of several diseases by half.
According to research by the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Creighton University in Omaha, several diseases had risks reduced by half at these intake levels. Diseases included colon cancer, breast cancer, multiple sclerosis and type 1 diabetes.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110222140546.htm
Jul 2010: More Than Half the World’s Population Gets Insufficient Amounts of Vitamin D, Says UC Riverside Biochemist
Dr Anthony Norman, who holds the title of Presidential Chair in Biochemistry-Emeritus, has been researching vitamin D for nearly 50 years. “There is now irrevocable evidence that receptors in the immune, pancreas, heart-cardiovascular, muscle and brain systems in the body generate biological responses to the steroid hormone form of vitamin D,” he says. http://newsroom.ucr.edu/news_item.html?action=page&id=2376
May 2010: Pregnant Women should get More Vitamin D - By Denise Mann.
Pregnant women could -- and probably should -- consume 10 times more vitamin D than experts currently recommend, according to a new study. http://news.health.com/2010/05/02/vitamin-d-pregnancy/
Mar 2010: Vitamin D Better than Vaccine at Preventing Flu, report claims - By Oliver Gillie.
The risk of children suffering from flu can be halved if they take vitamin D, doctors in Japan have found. Vitamin D is naturally produced by the human body when exposed to direct sunlight, has no significant side effects, costs little and can be several times more effective than anti-viral drugs or vaccine. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article7061778.ece
Aug 2009: Millions of Children in US found to be Lacking in Vitamin D - By Rob Stein.
Millions of US children have disturbingly low Vitamin D levels, possibly increasing their risk for bone problems, heart disease, diabetes and other ailments, according to two new studies that provide the first national assessment of the crucial nutrient in young Americans. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/02/AR2009080202114.html
May 2009: Vitamin D 'key to healthy brain'
Scientists have produced more evidence that vitamin D has an important role in keeping the brain in good working order in later life. A study of over 3000 European men aged 40-79 found those with high vitamin D levels performed better on memory and information processing tests. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8058183.stm
Mar 2009: Many Americans Fall Short on Their Vitamin D - By Steven Reinberg.
Over the course of two decades, vitamin D levels have dramatically decreased among Americans, a new study finds. Low levels of vitamin D have been associated with rickets in children and lower bone mineral density in adults. Recent research has also linked insufficient vitamin D to cancer, heart disease, infection and poorer health overall. www.businessweek.com/lifestyle/content/healthday/625331.html
Nov 2008: Lower vitamin D, higher risk of death - By Mary Brophy Marcus
Low levels of vitamin D may raise a person's risk of premature death, a study by Johns Hopkins researchers shows. The research follows other recent studies showing low levels of vitamin D are linked to certain cancers, diabetes, and bone and immune system problems, but this is the first research to connect vitamin D deficiency to a higher risk of death. http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2008-08-11-vitamin-D-death_N.htm
Jun 2008: Those with low vitamin D twice as likely to die
New research linking low vitamin D levels with deaths from heart disease and other causes bolsters mounting evidence about the "sunshine" vitamin's role in good health. Patients with the lowest blood levels of vitamin D were about two times more likely to die from any cause. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25334302/ns/health-more_health_news/
May 2008: Low Levels of Vitamin D Spell Trouble for Breast Cancer Patients - By Amanda Gardner.
Women with breast cancer who have a vitamin D deficiency at the time of diagnosis are more likely to have a recurrence or to die from their disease, a new study shows. Surprisingly, the researchers also found that only 24 percent of the patients had adequate levels of vitamin D when they were diagnosed. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/16/AR2008051601472_pf.html
Mar 2008: Vitamin D Lowers Diabetes Risk - By Sora Song
Giving children vitamin D supplements in infancy may shear their risk of developing type 1 diabetes later in life. In an analysis of previously published studies, British researchers found significant evidence that supplements of the vitamin were associated with a 29% reduced risk of the disease. http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1722399,00.html
Jan 2008: More sun is healthy, despite skin cancer risk, study says - by Michael Kahn
A little more sunshine might help you live longer, according to a study published on Monday suggesting that for some people health benefits from the sun outweigh the risk of skin cancer. Sunlight spurs the body to produce vitamin D but fear of skin cancer is keeping many people in the shade and depriving them of an important protection from a range of diseases, researchers said. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL0720393220080107?sp=true
