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Article: vitamin D: why we all need more
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- Better Nutrition
- Article date:
- February 1, 2007
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CopyrightCopyright Active Interest Media Feb 2007. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Are you getting enough vitamin D? Probably not, according to the latest research. This question-and-answer format provides a comprehensive guide to supplementing with the "sunshine vitamin"
Like Clark Kent, vitamin D accomplishes more than one might expert. And like the comic hook character's heroic persona, the vitamin can save lives.
In addition to helping us use calcium for healthy bones, vitamin D protects against a host of maladies. A study published in Photochemistry and Photobiology estimated that up in 63,000 people in the US die from cancer each year because of inadequate vitamin D.
Lack of the nutrient is quite pervasive. Research published in the Mayo Clinic Proceedings found ...