A pair of new studies help to explain the role that vitamins D and E play in the onset of cognitive decline… even Alzheimer’s disease. And while experts caution that it’s too early to make any recommendations for what to eat or what supplement to take to cut the dementia risk of [...]
Experts are learning more and more every day about the benefits of vitamin D, and the nutrient powerhouse has now become one of the hottest, and most hotly debated, topics in medicine. While the most well known benefit of this vitamins is helping to build strong bones, that’s just the beginning of [...]
We’ve all heard (time and time again) that a daily vitamin is important in ensuring your body gets the nutrients it needs. One each day is supposed to help improve your overall health and protect against heart disease, perhaps even cancer. Now, a new observational study appearing online in the American [...]
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Yet another reason to make vitamin D a part of your diet. Researchers out of the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute in Utah cite two new studies that found vitamin D supplementation may well cut the risk of heart disease, as well as a host of other chronic conditions.
The findings were just [...]
We’re learning more and more about powerhouse nutrient vitamin D. Supplements of this vital nutrient might not just be good for your bones, a new review of research that appears in the Annals of Internal Medicine shows, they may also offer protection against heart disease risks.
While science knows vitamin D plays an important part in [...]
If you’re worried about those little slips of memory that come as you get older, like where you put the keys, a phone number or someone’s name, then there’s new work that offers some hope.
Neuroscientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Beijing’s Tsinghua University find that upping your intake of magnesium – an [...]
In one of the largest studies ever on vitamin D and colon cancer, researchers have found that high levels of vitamin D in the blood might offer protection from cancers of the colon and rectum.
The work, appearing online in the British Medical Journal, involved more than 1,200 subjects who had colorectal cancer and 1,200 controls [...]
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Here’s some important news on promoting healthy bones.
When it comes to fractures, supplements of calcium and vitamin D cut the risk in both men and women of all ages – even if they’ve had a fracture before according to a massive new study published online in BMJ on January 12, 2009.
Vitamin D alone just doesn’t [...]
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Every 18 seconds, a senior is in the emergency room as the result of a fall according to numbers from the Centers for Disease Control.
The findings of the latest nationwide study on vitamin D level brings more evidence that children as well as adults are lacking this important nutrient with vitamin D intake at a shockingly low level.
The numbers of adults without enough vitamin D made news a year ago, but experts like Dr. Michal L. Melamed of the [...]
