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Posts Tagged ‘Vitamin D’
Written by JulieJ
Wednesday, 14 July 2010 08:04
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Wednesday, 14 July 2010 08:04
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Official government recommendations on vitamin D intake are far too low for optimal health, the director of the Sunlight, Nutrition, and Health Research Center has warned.
See our previous blog about Vitamin D on MerchantCircle -
“The current dietary guideline, approximately 400 IU/day, was based on the amount of vitamin D in a spoonful of cod liver oil, which prevented rickets,” William B. Grant Ph.D said.
William B. Grant, Ph.D.: “Vitamin D has been a natural part of man’s experience forever, and 90% of vitamin D is derived from solar ultraviolet-B (UVB) irradiance. The health effects of vitamin D can be and have been determined from a variety of studies including ecological, observational (case-control and cohort), and cross-sectional studies.”
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