March 20, 2017
Spring! The Sun is back for more than 12 hours daily! The sun crossed the equator at 0529 CDT. Vitamin D? Not so fast. This is Iowa and we are...
February 2, 2014
Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow today. Six more weeks of winter. But NINE more weeks before we can get ANY Vitamin D from the sun in Iowa. Here the sun is...
November 24, 2012
Vitamin D3 has become a key part of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) treatment. MS is a disease more common in persons with low Vitamin D levels. MS sufferers treated with Vitamin...
October 22, 2012
Vitamin D was the topic of a symposium attended by hundreds of clinicians at the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) 2012 meeting. Vitamin D3, D2, 25-hydroxy, 1-25-dihydroxy,...
June 5, 2012
A patient last week wanted to only use “Natural Vitamin D.” The “most natural” comes from exposing your skin to the sun at mid-day (1:13 pm CDT in Waterloo) in...
December 16, 2011
Vitamin D2 and Vitamin D3 are not the same, and definitely not equal. D2 and D3 are similar pre-hormones, but different. D2 (Ergocalciferol) is the plant version. D3 (Cholecalciferol) is...
September 8, 2011
My grandson in Minnesota is saying goodbye to “natural” vitamin D until April. The sun is now too low on the horizon where he lives. Soon it will be too...
June 30, 2011
You want to take control of your own bone health destiny to avoid osteoporosis. You want to do it “naturally” without modern pharmaceuticals. That takes dedication and persistence on your part....
February 28, 2011
A little vitamin D is added to milk. Drinking 3 glasses of milk daily nearly meets the old standard of 400 IU daily, but 16 glasses of milk – a...
February 4, 2011
You need Vitamin D in order to absorb Calcium from your diet. Without enough vitamin D your body will steal Calcium from your bones, not add Calcium to your bones. ...