by Dr. Mercola
Low levels of vitamin D, the essential nutrient obtained from exposure to sunlight, doubles the risk of stroke in Caucasians, according to a new report. Stroke is the third leading cause of death in the United States.
The research team says its results fail to explain why African Americans, who are more likely […]
by Dr. Mercola
According to a new study, vitamin D3 is 87 percent more potent at raising vitamin D blood levels than vitamin D2. Vitamin D3 also produces a 2- to 3-fold increase over D2 in the storage of the vitamin.
Scientists gave 33 healthy adults 50,000 International Units (IU) of either vitamin D2 or D3 […]
Alliance for Natural Health
If government is going to act as a scientific arbiter, it needs to have clean hands. That means getting private commercial interests out of the decision-making process. In this week’s vitamin D update, we discussed the glaring conflict of interest in the recent IOM report on vitamin D. Unfortunately this is […]
