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Health Blog: Should Women Take Calcium Supplements …

 … or will it give you a heart attack? 

does taking calcium cause women to have heart attacks?Well, it’s happened again. Researchers released a poorly designed on a particular supplement, and the press trumpeted the supposed health risks associated with it. In reading the news reports and the published study this week, it looks to us that neither researchers nor reporters did their homework.

Health Blog: Eat to Save Your Life!

Mothers, teach your children to eat right … and chew

Mothers, don't let your kids become dinosaurs! Look what happened to them – they used their pearly Chewing your food properly is a step towards good healthwonders to grab and hack, then they gulped their food. Extinction. Museum pieces.

Health Blog: Why Vitamin D? It Could Save Your Life

Sometimes you just can’t get enough vitamin D naturally

Our previous blogs about vitamin D sources explained the advantages of sun, along with some warnings; food options, with a caveat about mercury in fish; and the wrong form of vitamin D in most fortified foods. Now, let’s have a close look at manufactured vitamin D supplements.

Health Blog: What Should I Eat to Get Vitamin D?

What are the best sources of Vitamin D?

In Part 1, we explained why the sun is the best source. But we also revealed problems you might have in getting enough sunshine to enable your body to make vitamin D: You may live the northern half of the United States, you may be over the age of 50 (when your body makes less vitamin D), or your dark skin may require more time in the sun than your busy schedule allows.

Health Blog: Vitamin D: Why The Sun Is Your Best Friend

Part 1: Vitamin D from the Sun

If you took the advice in our last blog, you’ve likely learned you’re VDD (our term for Vitamin D Deficient). The bad news is that’s bad; the good news is you can easily correct your situation. Nature has made sure of it – first by designing your body to make your own vitamin D, and second by providing some food sources. The third option is supplements.

Health Blog: What Are the Best Vitamin D Sources?

Part 1: Vitamin D from the Sun

If you took the advice in our last blog, you’ve likely learned you’re VDD (our term for Vitamin D Deficient). The bad news is that’s bad; the good news is you can easily correct your situation. Nature has made sure of it – first by designing your body to make your own vitamin D, and second by providing some food sources. The third option is supplements.

Heatlh Blog: Why You Probably Need to Get a Vitamin D Test

Take the 25 OH Vitamin D Test

In our previous blog, we answered the first question often asked during our nutrition seminars, “What does vitamin D do?” In this blog, we’re responding to the second question: “How do I know whether I have enough vitamin D?”  

Health Blog: Get More Vitamin D, Live Better & Longer

Top Questions About Vitamin D Sources, Benefits and Toxicity

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Gloria Askew, RRN, has served as department head at numerous emergency wards and as a chief administrator of a major Canadian hospital. Jerre Paquette, Ph.D, is a professor of English and Film Studies at Mount Royal University in Calgary, Alberta.

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