The benefits of Vitamin D are numerous. This prompted a study to see if there was an impact on the mortality rate of seniors. The study looked at “data on 70,528 randomized participants (86.8% females) with a median age of 70.” The researchers compared the mortality of those who took Vitamin D with and...
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Vitamin D + Calcium Reduces Elderly Death
Too Little Vitamin D = Obesity?
A recent study found a relationship between low vitamin D levels and obesity. Researchers found that vitamin D levels lower than 50.0 nmol/L “was associated with a significantly increased odds ratio for incident obesity.” Those with less than 50.0 nmol/L had a 73% greater risk of incident obesity. The same held true for those...
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Vitamin D for Menstrual Pain?
A ground breaking study found that women who took high doses of Vitamin D could reduce their menstrual and related pain significantly. While further research is needed to confirm these results, these findings do offer an alternative to pain drugs for women seeking a natural way to address their discomfort. This would be in...
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Vitamin D Reduces Stress Fractures
Adolescent girls, particularly those involved in sports, can be subject to potential stress fractures. An important new study found that “Vitamin D intake is associated with lower stress fracture risk among adolescent girls who engage in high levels of high-impact activity. Neither calcium intake nor dairy intake was prospectively associated with stress fracture risk.”...
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Vitamin D Reduces Crohn’s Risk
Vitamin D is known to have a positive effect on the immune system. A new study looked to see if a higher level of Vitamin D might be associated with a lower risk of Crohn’s disease. What the researchers found is that those women with higher levels of Vitamin D could essentially cut their...
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Vitamin D Deficiency During Pregnancy Impacts Language Development
An increasing number of people are concerned they aren’t consuming the nutrients they need to be healthy. This is why so many people make the choice to take vitamin supplements. This is especially true when a woman is pregnant. A mother’s nutritional deficiencies can cause serious health issues and birth defects in their children....
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Vitamin D Improves Strength and Balance in Older Adults
Vitamin D has been shown to have numerous health benefits including reducing the risk of headaches, Parkinson Disease, dementia, diabetes and various forms of cancer. Many believe that science has only scratched the surface in understanding the important role vitamin D plays in health. A new study has found that, for older adults, “supplemental...
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Vitamin D Supplements Can Save Your Life
While this may seem like an exaggeration, consider the study published in The American Journal of Cardiology. The study involved over 10,000 participants, over 70% of which we women. Of the total participants, 70% were vitamin D deficient. The study found that “vitamin D deficiency was associated with several cardiovascular-related diseases, including hypertension, coronary...
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American Children Not Getting Enough Vitamin D
While there science is still learning about all of the benefits of Vitamin D, it has been shown to have important health benefits including reducing the risk of serious diseases like Parkinson Disease, diabetes and various forms of cancer. But the current research does show that Vitamin D is clearly an important nutrient for...
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Vitamin D Increases Your Life
Vitamin D provides many benefits, from reducing headaches to lowering cancer risk. A lack of vitamin D increases the risk of Parkinson’s disease, diabetes, many cancers, multiple sclerosis, atherosclerosis, dementia and depression. It is no surprise that a recent study found that sufficient vitamin D reduces “all-cause mortality among adults. The importance of proper...
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