A new Curtin University study has found 95 percent of Australians have low vitamin D intake, with researchers recommending food sources such as oily fish and eggs.
Mar 29, 2022
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Vitamin D is most often recognized for its role in bone health, but low levels of the supplement have been associated with a range of autoimmune, cardiovascular, and infectious diseases. Early on in the pandemic health officials ...
Feb 3, 2022
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Free from the sun, vitamin D delivers a natural source for one of the hormones essential to our bodies, especially the bones. But when you're down on this essential nutrient, it's not only your bones that could suffer, but ...
Dec 6, 2021
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Food health experts from the University of Surrey are calling for urgent improvements in public health messaging to address vitamin D deficiency in the UK's ethnic minority community.
Dec 1, 2021
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Maternal vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy was associated with 44% increased risk of ASD in the offspring when compared to mothers who had sufficient levels of vitamin D during pregnancy. The study was conducted in collaboration ...
Oct 29, 2021
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Exposure to the heavy metal cadmium is known to irritate the stomach and lungs or cause kidney disease, but new research links another health issue to inadvertently ingesting low doses of the pollutant: High activation of ...
Oct 26, 2021
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Vitamin D is made when the skin comes into contact with sunshine; however, we can also get vitamin D from our food intake. It has several important functions within the body, but it is primarily known for promoting calcium ...
Aug 18, 2021
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Patients with vitamin D deficiency who received vitamin D supplements had a reduced need for pain relief and lower levels of fatigue in palliative cancer treatment, a randomized and placebo-controlled study by researchers ...
Aug 5, 2021
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Vitamin D supplements are not an effective treatment for easing painful symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), a new study from the University of Sheffield reveals.
Jul 30, 2021
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Can vitamin D protect Black women from COVID-19? According to research led by Boston University's Slone Epidemiology Center, the answer may be yes. In a recent study of Black American women, low levels of vitamin D appeared ...
Jul 27, 2021
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