July 27, 2020

Vitamin C – Why is it so important?

…vitamin C. Old Wives Tales Before vitamin C was discovered, both sailors and Roman soldiers used herbs to prevent the dreaded disease – including by eating “scurvy grass”. We now…

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August 13, 2019

15 Myths about Vitamin D

…deficiency is often asymptomatic until the development of deficiency-related conditions such as osteoporosis, cancer and autoimmune diseases. Research suggests that for normal day-to-day “optimal” function, vitamin D should not be…

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July 15, 2019

Vitamin Sunshine

…deficient in vitamin D increases the risk for respiratory infection. Low blood concentrations of vitamin D is associated with increased susceptibility to acute respiratory tract infections (generally viruses), and vitamin…

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