Get In 2 Vitamin D

In an interesting twist on the vitamin D/breast cancer data, researchers interviewed breast cancer patients (and Image by Whatsername? via Flickr people who'd never had breast cancer) about their intake of vitamin D, cod liver oil, and sunshine. The study revealed that having gotten cod liver oil, vitamin D and sun exposure* from ages 10-19 [...]

In a fun video opinion piece on Medscape, Dr. George Griffing tackled the slippery subject of cod liver oil. Was our mother's Image via Wikipedia (and grandmother's) somewhat pushy advice to hold your nose and take it, foolish or informed? Here's how Dr. Griffing summarizes recent findings: "It turns out cod liver oil contains large [...]

Image via Wikipedia With the difficulty that most of us face seeing a doctor (much less the cost), the obvious question emerges - what if you just take 800 IU a day of vitamin D? Heck, it's a decent dose, right? Controversy about daily dosing rages between national organizations. Some organizations stick to very OLD [...]