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Vitamin D Deficiency More Prevalent In Winter.... Experts Say Get Tested. by Benefits of Vitamin D on Dec 3, 2010Vitamin D is much more than a vitamin; technically it’s a hormone. Vitamin D is manufactured through exposure to direct sunlight. Once it is metabolized and absorbed, it has profound benefits in nearly every aspect of immunity.Vitamin D deficiency...

Learn why vitamin D is the "SUNSHINE VITAMIN" by Benefits of Vitamin D on Aug 15, 2010Is 10 minutes a day exposure to the sun with no sunscreen a bad thing or a good thing?The jury is still out among a lot of health professionals, but one thing is certain: there are many people in our country that are deficient in vitamin D, the sunsh...

Calcium Supplements Lead to Heart Attack by Benefits of Vitamin D on Aug 7, 2010Thirty percent is the susceptibility to heart attack of people taking calcium supplements.Dr. Ian Reid of the Department of Medicine at the University of Auckland was the head of the study. Higher blood serum levels lead to hardening of the arteries...

Study: Supplement Vitamin D For More Muscle, Less Fat by Benefits of Vitamin D on Jun 14, 2010Vitamin D has seen a lot of popularity lately thanks to discoveries about its mood-boosting abilities. The so-called “sunshine vitamin” (the term refers to the fact that it can be absorbed via sunlight) is now being sold not only on its own but a...

More Possible Vitamin D Benefits by Benefits of Vitamin D on Apr 21, 2010Vitamin D has been making its way into the news more frequently these days. This attention has been slow in coming but researchers seem interested in making up for lost time. Vitamin D has long been acknowledged for its role of assisting the body in...

Sunshine and Vitamin D: A Catch 22 by Benefits of Vitamin D on Mar 3, 2010I don't want to rub it in for those of you living in more northern locales, but I'm sitting on my back porch today enjoying a 72 degree, perfectly sunny day in mid-February. (This is one of the many reasons why I love living in Austin, TX!) But even...

10 superfoods to eat in 2010 by Benefits of Vitamin D on Feb 28, 2010The term “superfoods” gets thrown around a lot, especially this time of year. Unfortunately, it’s often attached to nutrient-rich foods that are expensive, obscure or, um, something of an acquired taste.So our list of superfoods for 2010, devel...

Vitamin C – A Multi-Facetted Vitamin by Benefits of Vitamin C on Sep 6, 2009There are essentially two types of vitamins that humans need on a daily basis: those that are water-soluble and those that are not (those fat-soluble ones from my last post). Vitamin C is a water-soluble vitamin which means that we need to replenish...

An apple a day ....... by Benefits of Vitamin C on Aug 28, 2009Is the old proverb true? Does an apple a day really keep the doctor away? It sure can! But so can an orange, a banana, a grapefruit, a peach…a…well, you get the picture.Fruits, veggies and grains.Fruits are loaded with natural vitamins and antioxid...

Health tip of the day: Benefits of Papaya by Benefits of Vitamin C on Aug 28, 2009The papaya is an amazingly rich source of the proteolytic enzymes. These are the chemicals that enable the digestion of protein. Papain, which is the most important of these enzymes in the papaya, is extracted and dried as a powder for use to aid the...