Regular doses help ward off heart disease, cancer, diabetes

By Donna Gray, For Neighbours

Two well-known, affordable, and accessible vitamins have long been touted as being the means to a healthier body and boosted immunity to colds.

Expanded research is also proving that regular doses of Vitamins C and D will also help treat and prevent diseases such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes, osteoarthritis and even multiple sclerosis.

Last year, an American research project became the talk of the industry, revealing that 1,200 women who took a Vitamin D supplement regularly reduced their chances of cancer by 60 per cent than those who didn’t take the supplement.

Two years ago, a league of investigators with the National Institutes of Health in the U. S., found that (read more…)

 By Tom Spears, Ottawa Citizen

 OTTAWA — This week brings fresh evidence that Canadians need more vitamin D, this time because it appears to prevent colds and flu.

The latest study adds to mounting evidence that the vitamin from sunshine boosts the immune system and helps prevent some cancers and heart disease.

Vitamin D comes mostly from strong sunshine, pills, or milk and some fish. Most Canadians have very low levels of the vitamin.

The new study, published in the medical journal Archives of Internal Medicine, shows that people with (read more…)

By KARYN DORNEMANN, DC
02/03/2009

 Posted Tuesday, February 3 at 11:15 a.m.
I CONSIDER MYSELF to be a relatively healthy person when compared to most. I eat very well, exercise a reasonable amount, get regular chiropractic adjustments, take my vitamins (most days), stand up straight–you get the idea. So imagine my amazement when I recently had my serum vitamin D levels checked by my doctor (at the insistence of one of my own patients who had recently been to a seminar on vitamin D and told me to get mine checked immediately!) and found that I was–gasp–deficient in vitamin D. Me! My level of serum vitamin D was "generally considered inadequate for bone and overall health in healthy individuals." As my 16-year-old daughter would text to me: "OMG!"

      I was speechless.
      Then I started doing some research.
      And I started taking vitamin D religiously with a product from the professional line of supplements I sell in my office. I had my 16-year-old daughter’s blood levels checked. This is one of the healthiest kids I’ve ever seen, and she was deficient in vitamin D! My significant other is having his blood levels checked this week, and so is my 14-year-old daughter. I expect they will be deficient, too.
      Why all the hullabaloo over a vitamin D deficiency? What’s the big deal?
      Here’s a concise rundown on why this vitamin is (read more…)