News Archive for December, 2008
Don’t Think of ‘D’ As a Vitamin: It’s Much More!
“Technically not a ‘vitamin,’ vitamin D is in a class by itself. Its metabolic product, calcitriol, is actually a secosteroid hormone that targets over 1000 genes in the human body. Current research has implicated vitamin D deficiency as a major …
TODAY’S HEADLINE STORY: Don’t Think of ‘D’ As a Vitamin: It’s Much More!
“Technically not a ‘vitamin,’ vitamin D is in a class by itself. Its metabolic product, calcitriol, is actually a secosteroid hormone that targets over 1000 genes in the human body. Current research has implicated vitamin D deficiency as a major …
Press report realizes adults may need 10 times more vitamin D.
Press reports about vitamin D research are starting to figure out that the amount of vitamin D people need can only be satisfied naturally through regular sun exposure — with some recommendations now suggesting humans need 10 times more “sunshine …
TODAY’S HEADLINE STORY: Press report realizes adults may need 10 times more vitamin D.
Press reports about vitamin D research are starting to figure out that the amount of vitamin D people need can only be satisfied naturally through regular sun exposure — with some recommendations now suggesting humans need 10 times more “sunshine …
Sunny history behind this wintry holiday season
Happy Holidays, Indoor Tanning Community! Some Dec. 25 holiday origins celebrated the sun god.”In imperial Rome, the December 25 feast in honor of the Invincible Sun, Sol Invictus, was accompanied by the exchange of gifts, cutting of greens, lighting of …
TODAY’S HEADLINE STORY: Sunny history behind this wintry holiday season
Happy Holidays, Indoor Tanning Community! Some Dec. 25 holiday origins celebrated the sun god.”In imperial Rome, the December 25 feast in honor of the Invincible Sun, Sol Invictus, was accompanied by the exchange of gifts, cutting of greens, lighting of …
Three quarters of children with diabetes don’t get enough vitamin D, new study shows.
Researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston have shown that almost 75 percent of children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes are deficient in vitamin D, HealthDay.com reported this week.…
TODAY’S HEADLINE STORY: Three quarters of children with diabetes don’t get enough vitamin D, new study shows.
Researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston have shown that almost 75 percent of children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes are deficient in vitamin D, HealthDay.com reported this week.…
