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New research finds possible reason for obesity and type 2 diabetes epidemics in kids: lack of vitamin D

12/6/2011 - If there's one nutrient that has received an amazing amount of attention and research over the past year, it's vitamin D. As NaturalNews has reported extensively, a lack of the vitamin has been linked to everything from dementia and arthritis to heart disease and breast cancer. What's more, as scientists...

Study: Vitamin D deficiency linked to recurrent inflammatory spinal cord disease

11/28/2011 - Patients who suffer from recurrent transverse myelitis (TM), neuromyelitis optica (NMO), or various other NMO spectrum disorders, all of which are spinal cord diseases, could be deficient in vitamin D. A new study published in the journal Archives of Neurology has identified a link between recurrent...

Vitamin D deficiency causes mental disorders in children

7/27/2011 - A new study shows that children with psychosis and other severe mental health disorders also have twice as much vitamin D deficiency as children who are mentally healthy. The study, presented to the American Psychiatric Association 2011 Annual Meeting in Honolulu in June by researchers from the Oregon...

Vitamin D deficiency linked to childhood obesity

5/2/2011 - The role of vitamin D is increasingly recognized as important for maintaining health, not only for metabolism of calcium in bone health, but also for other conditions as well. This fact makes the current widespread vitamin D deficiency all the more compelling, and a study published in the May issue...

Conventional medicine finally admits MS caused by vitamin D deficiency

4/29/2011 1:55:39 PM - Is it true that those who suffer from Multiple sclerosis (MS) just need a little sun? Researchers at the University of Oxford seem to think so. In 2006, a study by the Journal of the American Medical Association suggested higher levels of vitamin D might decrease overall risk of developing MS. Now researchers...

Betrayal of a Nation: Why U.S. health authorities are keeping you vitamin D deficient and who stands to gain

4/23/2011 2:19:33 AM - Dr. Anne Looker and colleagues at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recently made vitamin D legend, Professor Hector DeLuca of University of Wisconsin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hector_DeLuca), and certain folks at big pharma very happy with her widely-reported analysis of the vitamin D status...

Vitamin D deficiency inhibits lung growth, function

4/13/2011 - Australian researchers have identified a clear link between vitamin D deficiency and inhibited lung function. Published in the American Thoracic Society's American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, the new study reveals that inadequate circulating blood levels of vitamin D are responsible...

Crucial vitamin D discovery: deficiency alters lung growth, harms lung function

2/10/2011 - Think you've heard everything about vitamin D? As NaturalNews has reported extensively, deficiencies of this amazing health-protective vitamin have been linked to conditions as diverse as breast cancer, hives, weak bones, obesity and more. But now there's yet another discovery showing how important...

Vitamin D levels found to be extremely low in women with breast cancer

12/29/2010 - Vitamin D deficiency may contribute to the development of breast cancer, according to a study conducted by researchers from the University of South Carolina and presented at the Third American Association for Cancer Research Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Miami. Researchers...

UK non-profits end era of sunlight ignorance and vitamin D denial

12/19/2010 - Seven leading health groups in the UK have announced a "definitive statement" that reverses decades of ignorant opposition to sunlight exposure. This statement admits what NaturalNews has been teaching for years: That sunlight exposure is good for you and that people should seek to expose themselves...

Vitamin D deficiency widespread across South Asia

12/14/2010 - Nations far from the equator are not the only ones with widespread vitamin D deficiency. According to a recent report presented at the second annual 1st Asia-Pacific Osteoporosis Meeting in Singapore, vitamin D deficiency is now a widespread epidemic across South Asia, including in countries like India...

Vitamin D deficiency linked to cognitive decline, increased risk of Alzheimer`s disease

12/14/2010 - Health conscious individuals understand the importance of maintaining proper vitamin D blood levels to dramatically lower the risk of developing heart disease, stroke, cancer and many autoimmune conditions. Researchers have now made an important connection between vitamin D status and advancing degrees...

New vitamin D recommendations promote nutritional deficiency, protect cancer industry

12/2/2010 - Earlier this week, the Institute of Medicine finally got around to reluctantly admitting that people need more vitamin D. Raising the daily intake recommendation from 200 IUs to 600 IUs still leaves most people pitifully vitamin D deficient, and a flood of scientific research that has emerged over the...

Blacks have more serious cancer due to vitamin D deficiency caused by skin color

11/14/2010 - Women of African ancestry are more likely to develop a more aggressive form of breast cancer known as "triple negative," researchers have found, but the explanation for this correlation may have more to do with vitamin levels than with genetic predisposition. Breast tumors may carry any combination...

Vitamin D deficiency could be a cause of autism

10/13/2010 - A new Danish study published in the journal Pediatrics has identified a link between neonatal jaundice and autism. Babies born with jaundice have a significantly increased risk of developing both general psychological problems and autism, and researchers believe a vitamin D deficiency is to blame. Formed...

What You Need to Know about Vitamin D

10/8/2010 - Until recently, the powerful effects of vitamin D have been largely unknown and easily misconstrued. Vitamin D has been tied to preventing cancer, aiding in weight loss, fighting bone fractures, and much more. Mass media coverage of vitamin D has brought knowledge of it to the forefront, and yet...

Study links vitamin D deficiency to breast cancer

10/7/2010 - Researchers from the University of South Carolina (USC) recently conducted a study that found a clear connection between low vitamin D levels and some of the worst and most aggressive forms of breast cancer. Particularly in women with darker skin, those deficient in vitamin D were found to be eight...

US teens suffer widespread vitamin D deficiency, even those living in southern states

10/1/2010 - Even teenagers living in the southern United States still suffer from widespread vitamin D deficiency, according to a study conducted by researchers from the Medical College of Georgia. "Our data demonstrate that low vitamin D status is common among adolescents residing in the southeastern region...

Gwyneth Paltrow reveals vitamin D deficiency caused osteopoenia diagnosis

9/15/2010 - Gwyneth Paltrow has revealed to her online fans that she has a severe vitamin D deficiency. "My doctors tested my vitamin D levels which turned out to be the lowest thing they had never seen -- not a good thing," she said earlier this month. She then went on to reveal she is suffering from osteopenia,...

Vitamin D deficiency likely cause of increased rheumatoid arthritis cases among caucasian women

6/26/2010 - A recent study from the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in Rochester, Minnesota, has found that rheumatoid arthritis is on the increase among Caucasian women. And the culprit is likely an environmental one, like vitamin D deficiency, rather than a genetic one. "It's pretty unlikely that the genetic...

Vitamin D deficiency unquestionably linked to bone fractures

6/10/2010 - Recent research from Scotland reinforces the longstanding medical opinion that vitamin D deficiency leads to a significantly increased risk of bone fractures. Among people with hip fractures referred to the Scottish fracture liaison service, 98 percent test positive for serious deficiencies in vitamin...

Vitamin D deficiencies at epidemic levels, says new study

5/21/2010 - Vitamin D is an amazing nutrient that protect the body from all sorts of diseases and problems. Researchers continually uncover new links between lack of vitamin D and disease, illustrating the fact that it is vital to good health. However recent studies have also found that most people are deficient...

Vitamin D deficiency finally being recognized as increasingly common

5/14/2010 - Doctors are becoming increasingly concerned about growing rates of vitamin D deficiency, leading many of them to recommend that people get more sun or even take supplements. Vitamin D has long been known to play an important role in bone health. Deficiency can lead to osteoporosis in adults, and...

Rheumatoid arthritis linked to vitamin D deficiency, researchers find

5/1/2010 - A new study led by a Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) environmental health expert came up with an unexpected conclusion. The researchers were investigating why women living in the northeastern United States are more likely to develop rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and they suspected they...

Vitamin D deficiency linked to more aggressive lymphoma

4/19/2010 - Lymphoma patients with vitamin D deficiency are twice as likely to die from their cancer than patients with sufficient blood levels of the vitamin, according to a study conducted by researchers from the Mayo Clinic and presented at a meeting of the American Society of Hematology. Researchers took...

Virtually all kidney disease patients on dialysis have vitamin D deficiency

3/18/2010 - Research abounds that adequate vitamin D is essential for good health (http://www.naturalnews.com/Vitamin_D.html). Unfortunately, however, millions of Americans are not getting enough of this so-called "sunshine" vitamin. Now it turns out that one group in particular is almost universally lacking in...

Epidemic of Vitamin D deficiency sweeping the world

3/12/2010 - There is an epidemic of vitamin D deficiency sweeping across our modern world, and it's an epidemic of such depth and seriousness that it makes the H1N1 swine flu epidemic look like a case of the sniffles by comparison. Vitamin D deficiency is not only alarmingly widespread, it's also a root cause of...

Vitamin D deficiency now so widespread that rickets is on the rise once again

3/9/2010 - A clinical review paper published in the British Medical Journal is warning the public that widespread vitamin D deficiency is resurrecting the once-obsolete disease called rickets. According to Professor Simon Pearce and Dr. Time Cheetham, authors of the paper, people are getting far too little sunlight...

Breast cancer virtually "eradicated" with higher levels of vitamin D

2/8/2010 - In a gathering of vitamin D researchers recently held in Toronto, Dr. Cedric Garland delivered a blockbuster announcement: Breast cancer can be virtually "eradicated" by raising vitamin D levels. Vitamin D is "the cure" for breast cancer that the cancer industry ridiculously claims to be searching...

Vitamin D Promotes Weight Loss

1/29/2010 - A recent study conducted by researchers from the University of Minnesota found that overweight people have better success in losing weight when their vitamin D levels are increased. Dr. Shalamar Sibley, the researcher who headed the study, placed 38 obese men and women on a diet program and discovered...

Vitamin D prevents heart disease

12/7/2009 - Vitamin D is best known for its anti-cancer effects, but suddenly, following a flurry of recent research, it's becoming increasingly recognized for its ability to prevent diseases like diabetes and depression. Now heart disease is also emerging as a chronic health condition that vitamin D can help prevent. Here,...

Vitamin D prevents heart disease

11/25/2009 - The fact that vitamin D prevents cancer is now so well known that even some conventional physicians are beginning to recommend it. Vitamin D prevents 77% of all cancers, after all. That's as close to a "cure" for cancer as you'll ever get (and it's free, too, since you can make it yourself!). But...

Babies Receive Heart Transplants Instead of Vitamin D Treatment

11/6/2009 - Cardiomyopathy is a rare but frequently fatal heart condition in infants and children. In many cases, doctors are unable to find the cause, and severe cases need to stay in the hospital while waiting for their last hope at life- a heart transplant. But whole teams of specialists at major medical centers...

Women with breast cancer have low vitamin D levels, scientists discover

11/4/2009 - At the American Society of Clinical Oncology's Breast Cancer Symposium held in San Francisco recently, researchers from the University of Rochester Medical Center made an announcement that at first glance may seem startling -- at least it may startle people who are unaware of the preventive and healing...

Discover the Pain of Vitamin D Deficiency

9/3/2009 - One little known, but extremely common symptom of Vitamin D deficiency is Pain. From bone pain to muscle pain to back pain, any and all unexplained pain COULD have vitamin D deficiency as its cause. Unfortunately, most doctors do not recognize common pain issues as being from vitamin D deficiency, leaving...

Prescription Vitamin D Not Suitable for Supplementation Say Researchers

8/18/2009 - Most of us think of 'Prescription Strength' pills to be somehow better or stronger than a similar 'Over the Counter' variety. But in the case of prescription vitamin D pills, they are FAR inferior to the vitamin D that you can buy in any health food store. In fact, they are less potent, less 'biologically...

Pre-Birth Vitamin D Levels Determine Your Health for Life

8/6/2009 - In the nature versus nurture debate, scientists often talk about genetics versus environmental factors in health. One environmental factor that has been getting a lot of attention lately is Vitamin D- and with good reason. Vitamin D is turning out to be a major influence in heart disease, cancer, diabetes...

Vitamin D Deficiency Reveals an Instant Health Care Reform Solution

8/4/2009 - There once was a Big Pharma zealot More offensive than insect repellant. He just couldn't see What's in vitamin D, "It's not useful unless we can sell it." - by the Health Ranger It's official: Vitamin D deficiency is so widespread in U.S. children that it poses a huge threat to the future health...

One in Seven U.S. Teens Deficient in Vitamin D, Say Researchers

6/29/2009 - A full one in seven U.S. teenagers are deficient in vitamin D, according to a new analysis conducted by researchers from Cornell University, published in the journal Pediatrics and presented at the annual meeting of the Pediatric Academic Society. "These are alarming findings," researcher Sandy Saintonge...

Vitamin D Deficiency Causes Multiple Sclerosis in Children

6/7/2009 - Children who develop multiple sclerosis have substantially lower levels of vitamin D than children who do not develop the disease, according to a series of studies presented at an international conference on multiple sclerosis in Montreal. Multiple sclerosis is a degenerative disease of the nervous...

Vitamin D Deficiency Increasingly Linked to Serious Illnesses

5/15/2009 - A letter published in the April 30 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine states that almost half of critically ill patients in intensive care units (ICUs) are deficient in vitamin D, a common thread increasingly being linked to all sorts of adverse health conditions. Dr. Paul Lee, an endocrinologist...

Vitamin D Deficiency Linked to Increased C-Section Rate

4/11/2009 - A study indicates women who are short on vitamin D are more likely to have a cesarean section delivery. The findings can be attributed to the work of a larger study which looked at the vitamin D levels in women within 72 hours of delivery. None of the women in the study had previous c-sections, and...

Study Says Vitamin D Deficiency has Increased Alarmingly

4/2/2009 - Vitamin D is a critically important nutrient. However, with most people spending an increasing amount of time indoors, and wearing long-sleeved tops or slapping on sunscreen lotions when they do go under the sun, levels of vitamin D in our bodies are falling to dangerously low levels. And a recent study...

Vitamin D Deficiency Linked to Health Conditions in Adolescents

4/1/2009 - Vitamin D levels in the general population are falling, caused in large part by sedentary lifestyles and the often overstated skin cancer scare, and our young ones are not spared from this trend, either. And this is negatively affecting their health, as revealed in a study presented at the American...

Vitamin D Deficiency Makes Young Girls' Muscles Weak

3/23/2009 - Insufficient blood levels of vitamin D may cause adolescent girls to have weaker muscles, according to a new study in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. The research team was composed of scientists from Longsight Health Centre in Manchester, the University of Manchester, Saint Mary's...

Vitamin D Deficiency Linked to Mental Decline

3/10/2009 - The risk of age-related cognitive decline is significantly increased by vitamin D deficiency, according to a new study conducted by researchers from the Peninsula Medical School in Exeter, the University of Cambridge and the University of Michigan, and published in the Journal of Geriatric Psychology. Researchers...

Vitamin D Fuels Muscle Power in Teen Girls

2/14/2009 - Although vitamin D is naturally produced in the body through exposure to direct sunlight, vitamin D deficiency is now common in the U.S. The result can be a host of health ills, including severe conditions such as bone thinning osteoporosis and bone deforming rickets. Although a lack of vitamin D has...

Vitamin D Halts Growth of Breast Cancer Tumors

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Lack of Vitamin D Ups Heart Risk

12/12/2008 - Vitamin D deficiency has long been linked with weak muscles and bones. Now research shows a lack of the "sunshine" vitamin may also increase the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). In fact, evidence is mounting from numerous studies that low vitamin D levels could play a role in a host of CVD risk...

Vitamin D Deficiency During Pregnancy Increases Risk of Childhood Dental Problems

12/1/2008 - Women who do not get enough vitamin D while pregnant place their children at increased risk for tooth enamel defects and early childhood tooth decay, according to a study conducted by researchers from the University of Manitoba, Canada, and presented at the General Session of the International Association...

Lack of Vitamin D Increases Risk of Death

11/24/2008 - Vitamin D, the sunshine vitamin, has already been linked to so many vital health functions and benefits. Among others, it boosts immune function, improves absorption of calcium thereby contributing to strong and healthy bones, plays an important role in cell growth, and reduces cancer risk. Now, in...

Vitamin D Deficiency Associated With Bone Disease

11/17/2008 - Deficiency of vitamin D has once again been linked with bone disease, in a study on patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) conducted by researchers from the University of Manitoba, Canada. Osteoporosis is a well-known potential side effect of IBD, and vitamin D has previously been established...

Tanning Beds Can Reverse Vitamin D Deficiency with UV Light, Reveals Michael Holick's Pioneering Research

11/3/2008 - Tanning beds can stimulate the body to produce vitamin D, according to research conducted by Michael Holick of the University of Boston and published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. "Vitamin D deficiency is common in both children and adults worldwide," Holick said. "Exposure to lamps...

Mainstream Media Lies about Vitamin D Deficiency and Parkinson's with Deceptive Headlines

10/15/2008 - Following the release of a new study strongly correlating vitamin D deficiency with Parkinson's disease, the mainstream media (MSM) has once again gone out of its way to intentionally distort the findings of the study and mislead readers about vitamin D. The study was conducted by Emory University,...

Low Vitamin D Levels Raise Breast Cancer Death Risk by 75 Percent

9/25/2008 - Women who are deficient in vitamin D at the time they are diagnosed with breast cancer are nearly 75 percent more likely to die from the disease than women with sufficient vitamin D levels, and their cancer is twice as likely to spread to other parts of the body. "This study links vitamin D with...

Millions of U.S. Children are Vitamin D Deficient, Warn Researchers

8/26/2008 - Vitamin D deficiency is widespread among infants and toddlers, according to a study conducted by researchers from the Children's Hospital in Boston, and published in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine. Vitamin D plays a critical role in bone health and development, and insufficient...

Low Vitamin D Intake Boosts Heart Attack, Stroke Risk by 60 Percent

8/6/2008 - Vitamin D deficiency increases the risk of heart attacks, strokes and other cardiovascular events, according to a study conducted by researchers at the Harvard Medical School and published in the American Heart Association's journal Circulation. Researchers followed 1,739 people for five years, assessing...

Rickets on the Rise as Vitamin D Deficiency Surges Among Expectant Mothers

7/3/2008 - The United Kingdom's Department of Health has warned that the health condition known as rickets is making a comeback due to more widespread vitamin D deficiency among the British population. Caused primarily by vitamin D deficiency, rickets is a childhood bone disease that can lead to skeletal deformities,...

Are You Vitamin D Deficient?

6/4/2008 - John Cannell, MD, founder of the Vitamin D Council is a tireless champion for Vitamin D research. He understands, like a growing number of scientists do, how devastating vitamin D deficiency is to our overall health. His website, vitamindcouncil.org is a virtual mega resource for vitamin D research,...

Broken Bones Blamed on Osteoporosis When Vitamin D Deficiency Is the Culprit

4/25/2008 - You are female, over 50, post-menopausal and you keep breaking bones. In fact, you need a hip or knee replacement. The diagnosis? Most likely, your problem will be blamed on osteoporosis. But the real reason you have brittle bones could be a vitamin D deficiency. In a recent review of women with...

A New Vitamin D Deficiency Test That Can be Done at Home

4/11/2008 - Thanks to sun avoidance and indoor lifestyles, Americans are vitamin D deficient. One of the worst things Americans have done to their health is avoid sun exposure. Most of us work inside then sit in our cars, and when we're outside we slather ourselves with sun block and wear wide-brim hats and long...

The Healing Benefits of Sunlight and Vitamin D

3/26/2008 - Whilst avoiding the harsher elements of direct sunlight is not only wise but is necessary, avoiding the sun all together and as the result, not getting enough direct sunlight on our skin, is even more problematic. So, let's examine the benefits of healthy sun exposure without getting burnt or promoting...

DNA and Mitochondrial Time Bombs: Uranium and Mercury

3/3/2008 - Hyperinsulinemia may promote mammary carcinogenesis. Insulin resistance has been linked to an increased risk of breast cancer and is also characteristic of type 2 diabetes. Diabetes and cancer are both expanding almost exponentially in the world today and can in part be traced to the increasing radiation...

It's Winter - Do You Know Where Your Vitamin D Is?

1/21/2008 - John Cannell, MD, Director of the Vitamin D Council and author of the Vitamin D Newsletter has looked at recent conflicting media coverage of the effects of vitamin D on cancer. The December 2007 issue of the newsletter addresses how studies have been interpreted and how biased interpretation can adversely...

Depression, Osteoporosis Correlation Misreported by Junk Science Media, Ill-Informed Health Researchers

12/11/2007 - Conventional medical researchers around the world are scratching their heads over new research published in the Archives of Internal Medicine that shows a strong correlation between depression and osteoporosis. Amazingly, none of them apparently have the presence of mind to consider the simple, common...

Vitamin D deficiency accelerates aging in the elderly

12/10/2007 - Insufficient intake of vitamin D may lead to decreased physical strength, increased muscle weakness and increased risk of disability in older women and men, according to a new study published in the Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences. Because vitamin D deficiency is widespread, the researchers...

Widespread vitamin D deficiency in UK leaves children at risk of rickets, cancer

11/11/2007 - Despite government recommendations, parents in the United Kingdom are not aware of the importance of children and pregnant women supplementing with vitamin D, according to a warning published by two Scottish doctors in the British Medical Journal. Vitamin D is an essential nutrient, normally produced...

Vitamin D deficiency extremely common during pregnancy; most children born vitamin D deficient

9/18/2007 - The vast majority of pregnant women tested in a study published this year in the Journal of Nutrition were found to be deficient in vitamin D, as were their infants. Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh found widespread vitamin D deficiency, even though more than 90 percent of the women tested...

Low-cost vitamin D supplement blocks tuberculosis (TB) for six weeks after a single dose

5/17/2007 - Scientists have shown that a single 2.5mg dose of vitamin D may be enough to boost the immune system to fight against tuberculosis (TB) and similar bacteria for at least 6 weeks. Their findings came from a study that identified an extraordinarily high incidence of vitamin D deficiency amongst those...

More than half of women suffer vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy, even after taking prenatal vitamins

3/27/2007 - More than half of pregnant women today do not have sufficient amounts of vitamin D, even with prenatal vitamin supplements as part of their regimen, a new University of Pittsburgh study shows. Jump directly to: conventional view | alternative view | resources | bottom line What...

Widespread vitamin D deficiency may be cause of post-Winter flu outbreaks, scientists suggest

12/1/2006 - A team of researchers is gathering data in an attempt to determine why flu outbreaks hit the Northern Hemisphere during winter months and tend to peak between December and March, and a new theory suggests it may be a lack of sunshine-produced vitamin D. In the past, many theories have been put forward...

Vitamin D supplements should be given to Asian children for two years from birth (press release)

10/18/2006 - Vitamin D supplements should be given to Asian children from birth up to the age of two years, to curb the re-emergence of vitamin D deficiency in the UK , say researchers. They base their claims on an analysis of cases of vitamin D deficiency between 1994 and 2005, which is published ahead of print...

Women with late-stage breast cancer have lowest levels of vitamin D, study finds

10/17/2006 - According to new research published in the Journal of Clinical Pathology, women with advanced-stage breast cancer have significantly lower levels of vitamin D in their bodies than women in the early stages of the disease. A team of scientists from Imperial College London conducted a study of 279...

UCSD researchers state vitamin D needed to cut cancer risk (press release)

9/15/2006 - Taking 1,000 international units (IU) of vitamin D3 daily appears to lower an individual's risk of developing certain cancers – including colon, breast, and ovarian cancer – by up to 50 percent, according to cancer prevention specialists at the Moores Cancer Center at the University of California, San...

Vitamin D deficiency found in alarming percentage of teenage girls

8/8/2006 - A new study published in the Archives of Disease in Childhood has found that more than 70 percent of British teenage girls are deficient in vitamin D -- an essential nutrient for proper growth and development. Researchers from St. Mary's Hospital for Women and Children in Manchester studied around...

Vitamin D deficiency more widespread than previously thought; 64 percent of U.S. women likely deficient

6/28/2006 - A new study funded by Merck, Sharp & Dohme shows that as many as 64 percent of postmenopausal women worldwide are deficient in vitamin D. The study was presented at the 33rd European Symposium on Calcified Tissues held in Prague. Researchers surveyed around 2,600 postmenopausal women with osteoporosis...

Vitamin D deficiency on the rise in children as rickets cases surge

6/26/2006 - Primary Care Trust (PCT) -- England's national health service -- is giving free vitamin D supplements to young children in Bradford to help cure rickets. A study conducted by Shirley Brierley, a special registrar with PCT, found that more than 300 Bradford children were vitamin D deficient, which...

Dramatic reduction in national rates of diabetes, prostate cancer, breast cancer, and depression are possible with simple exposure to sunlight or vitamin D supplements

1/1/2005 - The following is part eight of an eight-part interview with Dr. Michael Holick, author of "The UV advantage" and one of the world's most respected authorities on vitamin D and the health benefits of natural sunlight. His work can be found at www.UVadvantage.com. Be sure to print out the vitamin D myths,...

Calcium supplements all but useless without adequate vitamin D from sunlight exposure: interview with Dr. Michael Holick, author of The UV Advantage

1/1/2005 - The following is part seven of an eight-part interview with Dr. Michael Holick, author of "The UV advantage" and one of the world's most respected authorities on vitamin D and the health benefits of natural sunlight. His work can be found at www.UVadvantage.com. Be sure to print out the vitamin D myths,...

40% of U.S. population chronically deficient in vitamin D due to lack of sunlight exposure, says Dr. Michael Holick, author of UV Advantage

1/1/2005 - The following is part six of an eight-part interview with Dr. Michael Holick, author of "The UV advantage" and one of the world's most respected authorities on vitamin D and the health benefits of natural sunlight. His work can be found at www.UVadvantage.com. Be sure to print out the vitamin D myths,...

Mental health, Seasonal Affective Disorder, osteoporosis greatly improved by exposure to natural sunlight, vitamin D supplements

1/1/2005 - The following is part five of an eight-part interview with Dr. Michael Holick, author of "The UV advantage" and one of the world's most respected authorities on vitamin D and the health benefits of natural sunlight. His work can be found at www.UVadvantage.com. Be sure to print out the vitamin D myths,...

Every person needs sunlight exposure to create vitamin D, obesity impairs vitamin D absorption

1/1/2005 - The following is part three of an eight-part interview with Dr. Michael Holick, author of "The UV advantage" and one of the world's most respected authorities on vitamin D and the health benefits of natural sunlight. His work can be found at www.UVadvantage.com. Be sure to print out the vitamin D myths,...

Vitamin D deficiency is widespread among U.S. population, expectant mothers are deficient and giving birth to deficient infants

1/1/2005 - The following is part two of an eight-part interview with Dr. Michael Holick, author of "The UV advantage" and one of the world's most respected authorities on vitamin D and the health benefits of natural sunlight. His work can be found at www.UVadvantage.com. Be sure to print out the vitamin D myths,...

Vitamin D boosts calcium absorption, treats psoriasis, prevents osteoporosis and breast cancer: interview with Dr. Michael Holick

1/1/2005 - The following is part one of an eight-part interview with Dr. Michael Holick, author of "The UV advantage" and one of the world's most respected authorities on vitamin D and the health benefits of natural sunlight. His work can be found at www.UVadvantage.com. Be sure to print out the vitamin D myths,...

Vitamin D myths, facts and statistics

1/1/2005 - Fifteen facts you probably never knew about vitamin D and sunlight exposure. (Compiled by Mike Adams, based on an interview with Dr. Michael Holick, author, The UV Advantage) Vitamin D prevents osteoporosis, depression, prostate cancer, breast cancer, and even effects diabetes and obesity. Vitamin...

Race-based medicine misses the point: skin pigmentation impacts health and chronic disease

11/15/2004 - When it comes to race-based medicine, almost everybody out there has it wrong. I haven't read a single editorial or news article from any newspaper, magazine or web site that gets this right. What am I talking about? The development of heart drugs for black Americans. A recent study of black Americans...

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Superfoods For Optimum Health: Chlorella and Spirulina

In this free online book, you'll get the astounding truth on how these two superfoods are far more than just "supplements" like vitamins and minerals: they are disease preventing foods from nature that can actually help conquer cancer, diabetes, heart disease, clinical depression, and much more.
Take Back Your Health Power! How to reclaim your natural health power from the doctors, drug companies and food marketers who have stolen your right to be healthy

This courageous report tells you how to take back your power from those who have been exploiting your misfortune for their profit. Learn how to put yourself in control and transform your health outcome from this day forward.
The Five Soft Drink Monsters: how to kick the soft drink addiction for good

This downloadable ebooks reveals how to easily and permanently break the soft drink habit for good. This guide will show you, in clear understandable terms, how to recognize each of the five addictive elements of soft drinks -- and then beat them with a clever strategy that's already worked for thousands.
How to Beat the Bird Flu: how to protect yourself from the coming bird flu pandemic

This downloadable ebook arms you with the information you need to protect you and your family from the possible bird flu pandemic the World Health Organization is warning about.
The Seven Laws of Nutrition

Learn how to transform your health, reverse chronic disease and free yourself from pharmaceuticals by mastering the fundamental laws of nutrition.
The Healing Power of Sunlight and Vitamin D: an exclusive interview with Dr. Michael Holick

In this interview, Dr. Holick reveals fascinating facts on how vitamin D is created and used in the human body to ward off chronic diseases like cancer, osteoporosis, mental disorders and more.
The Healing Power of Water: an exclusive interview with Dr. Batmanghelidj

This exclusive interview with Dr. B reveals how Dr. B. discovered the healing ability of water and pioneered the emerging field of hydro-health. This is a must read report that will forever change the way you think about H2O.
Grocery Warning

How to recognize and avoid the common foods (and food ingredients) that cause disease. Names all the exact ingredients that directly cause heart disease, cancer, diabetes, obesity, depression, osteoporosis, arthritis, high blood pressure, ADHD, behavioral disorders, mood swings and many more.
The Food Timing Diet

Revealed: The Mike Adams secret to shedding body fat, experiencing phenomenal mental and physical energy and eliminating blood sugar swings -- all while eating enormous quantities of health-enhancing (and delicious!) food. Learn why it's not WHAT you eat as much as WHEN you eat!
The Weiss Method For Better Heart Health

Radically improve your heart health in just eight weeks! Discover the natural way to prevent and reverse heart disease with Decker Weiss, NMD, a leading authority on non-invasive heart disease treatments that combine the best of conventional and natural treatments.
The Real Safety Guide to Disease Prevention

More than 80% of all chronic disease is preventable, but only if you know how. Learn the proven, yet simple prevention strategies for cancer, heart disease, diabetes, depression, Alzheimer's and many other degenerative health conditions.
The Real Safety Guide to Beating Cybercrime

Learn how to protect yourself, your children and your finances from cybercime in this sought-after safety guide that covers phishing, online identity theft, auction fraud, spyware, cyberstalking and much more.
The Real Safety Guide to Protecting Your Environment

Teaches you 120 practical, Earth-saving tips and strategies for energy conservation, detoxifying your home and work environments, clean air, clean water, recycling and much more. Instant download and hardcopy editions available. 50% of revenues donated to pro-environment non-profits.
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