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Truth About Vitamin D: Why You Need Vitamin D
In the U.S., only people who live south of a line drawn from Los Angeles to Columbia, S.C., get enough sunlight for vitamin D production throughout...
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Truth About Vitamin D: Drug Interactions
If you take steroid drugs regularly, discuss vitamin D with your doctor. On the other hand, cholesterol-lowering statin drugs and thiazide diuretic...
Read moreTruth About Vitamin D: Can You Get Too Much Vitamin D?
The IOM committee found no conclusive evidence that increased vitamin D levels confer increased health benefits, 'challenging the concept that '. T...
Read moreTruth About Vitamin D: How Much Vitamin D Do You Need?
In 2008, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommended that breastfed infants receive 400 IU of vitamin D every day until they are weaned.
Read moreTruth About Vitamin D: Vitamin D Food Sources
That's because your body is built to get vitamin D through your skin (from sunlight) rather than through your mouth (by food).
Read moreCalcium: Gotta Have it for Healthy Bones
'There's really no benefit to going over a total -- food and supplements combined -- of 1,500 milligrams of calcium a day,' Watts advises. Accordin...
Read moreWhat is Osteoporosis? what You Need to Know
Osteoporosis is a common disease that makes bones thinner, which makes them more likely to break. When bone loss becomes more severe, you have oste...
Read moreTruth About Vitamin D: Vitamin D Tests
Even so, most experts agree that anyone with a 25-OHD level of less than 15 ng/ mL or 37.5 nmol/L (depending on the units reported by a lab) needs ...
Read morePremenopausal Osteoporosis
One woman might be in their 40s or 50s with very strong bones while another can be in their 30s and have early signs of premenopausal osteoporosis,...
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Osteoporosis weakens bones and increases the risk of unexpected fractures.
Read moreWhat is Juvenile Osteoporosis? what are The Types?
Osteoporosis is a condition that weakens your bones, making fractures more likely. If your child has one of these conditions, talk to their doctor ...
Read moreTruth About Vitamin D: How Can You Get Enough Vitamin D?
Thirty minutes of sun exposure to the face, legs, or back -- without sunscreen -- at least twice a week should give you plenty of vitamin D. The Am...
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