Vitamin D, Mood Vitamin
If you’re low on vitamin D, mood swings could be one of the side effects.
One of the few vitamins the body can actually manufacture, Vitamin D is known as the sunshine vitamin because exposure to the sun triggers its production in the skin. Its primary biologic function is to regulate calcium levels, and it was [...]
More Research Links Low Vitamin D and Cancer
A new study on the link between vitamin D and cancer suggests that low vitamin D levels enable the spread of the disease.
A study by the Moores Cancer Center at the University of California San Diego has produced a new model of cancer development. The currently-accepted model of cancer development considers genetic mutations to be [...]
More Studies Link Vitamin D Deficiency With Asthma
Recent Harvard Medical School research supports the idea that vitamin D deficiency contributes to both an increased risk of asthma attacks in children and to the severity of asthma attacks.
The study, which monitored more than 600 children diagnosed with asthma, assessed the participants for lung function, presence of allergies, and blood levels of vitamin D. [...]
Study Shows Another Link Between Vitamin D Deficiency and Breast Cancer
A new Columbia University study shows that as many as three-fourths of premenopausal women with early stage breast cancer have vitamin D deficiency. It was further found that daily supplementation of 400 IU per day did not correct the deficiency.
The 103 women on whom the study focused were all receiving chemotherapy. Of these, a total [...]
