COVID-19 SYMPTOMS AFFECTED BY VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY

Vitamin D deficiency has been linked to more severe illness and an increased fatality rate due to COVID-19, the disease caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Observational studies at the AZ Delta General Hospital in Roeselare,...

BONE LOSS AND OSTEOPOROSIS

Like a silent thief in the night, you are unaware of the presence of osteoporosis, until something breaks suddenly – a window in the case of a burglar; or a bone in your body in the case of osteoporosis. What is bone? Although it looks like a rock-solid substance,...

HOW MUCH VITAMIN D DO YOU NEED?

What is vitamin D? The natural form of vitamin D is produced in the skin when energy from ultraviolet B rays (UVB) in sunlight converts cholesterol in the cells of the skin into vitamin D3, a steroid hormone. The natural form of vitamin D from sunlight or fatty animal...

Vitamin D Is Important

Playing a crucial role in the human body’s metabolism, vitamins can be defined as organic chemicals that must be obtained from dietary sources. According to this definition, vitamin D is technically not a vitamin as very little is obtained from dietary sources, as it...

TANNING BEDS

As spring arrives, one is so easily lured to getting an early tan, in anticipation of strapless summer dresses! The Scientific American’s Board of Editors published an analysis and opinion in the April 2015 issue of Scientific American, calling tanning beds “skin...

HAVE YOU CHECKED YOUR VITAMIN D LEVEL LATELY?

More and more research papers are supporting the vital role of Vitamin D in optimal health and disease prevention.  Vitamin D affects your DNA through vitamin D receptors, which bind to specific locations on the human genome – nearly 3000 genes in the human body...
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