Vitamin D
This week in the news: Weed and pregnancy, Vitamin D during pregnancy and fewer cavities in babies, and Vitamin D for treating diabetes.
Is it possible that vitamin D can ward off cancer, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, metabolic disorders, depression, infectious diseases, autoimmune diseases, mortality and even autism? Readers of health articles have been deluged by such stories.
You might think of your skeleton as simply providing structure for your body, but our bones are actually living organs with many essential functions. In addition to allowing movement and protecting our organs, for example, bones store almost all of the calcium in our bodies, and most of our blood…
When it comes to vitamin D, not all nutritional supplements are created equal. Vitamin D comes in 2 types, D2 and D3. D2 is derived from plants, while D3 comes from animals. A new study found that taking vitamin D3 was much more effective in raising levels of vitamin D…