Fracture Prevention with Vitamin D in the ederly

An article analyzing 12 clinical trials of Vitamin D supplementation for hip fracture prevention in people over 65, was recently published in the Archives of Internal Medicine. 
The major finding was that fracture prevention was dependent on how much Vitamin D was taken. Higher doses meant reduction of fractures by “at [...]

Vitamin D Enhances Lung Function in People with Asthma

Researchers from the University of Colorado and National Jewish Health have discovered that asthmatics with low Vitamin D do not respond as well to steroid treatment, and have worse symptoms in general, than those with higher Vitamin D levels.
Vitamin D levels, in fact, absolutely predicted how well a patient will respond to [...]

Benefits of Vitamin D on ABC TV Now!

Delighted to see this post on ABC News! Finally the word is getting to a larger audience! 
Click the arrow to start the video from ABC News 

Vitamin D Terms

activated vitamin D: also known as 1,25D3 or calcitriol, this form of Vitamin D is a steroid hormone. It is fat soluble and can pass through cell membranes to bind to the Vitamin D receptors. It is a very powerful steroid hormone and it regulates gene expression by being able to switch on and off [...]

Disease Prevention Chart

Overwhelming statistics have shown that most people who have serious diseases have Vitamin D deficiency, or were deficient in the past. Many studies have determined that Vitamin D may provide protection from illnesses ranging from the common cold to cancer.
Children’s diseases like autism, asthma, and juvenile diabetes have become pervasive in the years that [...]

What is Vitamin D?

The first thing to understand about Vitamin D is that it is not a vitamin. By definition, a vitamin is a substance that is essential to human health but cannot be produced by the body. Vitamin D, in its most obvious and fundamental function, is essential to the metabolism of calcium and phosphorous in the [...]

Vitamin D Revolution DVD Released

Happy holidays to all of you, and may the year ahead be the healthiest and happiest year of your life! In this newsletter I have some amazing and exciting information!
What have I been doing?
It has been many months since my last newsletter mostly because I have been focusing on my vitamin D project. As [...]

The Vitamin D Revolution is Coming

I am very complimented that so many of my patients have asked what happened to my newsletter?  I have been very busy!
I’m happy to announce to all my patients and friends than on February 23, 2009 my first book, the vitamin D revolution will be released on my publisher Hay House’s website, as well as [...]