How Important Is Vitamin D? Facts You Need to Know
For many, winter brings cold, dark days and an increased interest in vitamin D. Sometimes called the sunshine vitamin, vitamin D has received more interest in recent years, for good…
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6 Facts about Vitamin K and the Plant-Based Diet
Vitamin K is a crucial and sometimes forgotten nutrient. Just like vitamins A, D, and E, vitamin K is a fat soluble vitamin. There are two types of vitamin K:…
How To Get Your Vitamin D from Mushrooms
…you four-fifths of your daily recommended dosage![7] How Do Mushrooms Compare to Supplements? In 1999, researchers conducted one of the first head-to-head trials between vitamin D2 supplementation and wild chanterelles.[8]…
Shining a Light on Vitamin D
…while keeping your vitamin D levels sufficient. References Dietary Supplement Fact Sheet: Vitamin D. Office of Dietary Supplements, 2011. (Accessed April 15th, 2012, at http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/vitamind-HealthProfessional/.) IOM (Institute of Medicine). Dietary…
How to Get All Your Vitamins and Minerals From Plant-based Meals
…from red blood cells to muscle tissues as needed. There are two forms of dietary iron—heme and non-heme. Heme iron is derived from hemoglobin and found in meats, whereas non-heme…
Vaping a Sacred Nutrient? How Vitamin E Became ‘Dangerous’
…deserves added attention due to the involvement of vitamin E. Before going further, however, I need to add a word of caution. That is, I do not infer, especially without…
12 Questions Answered Regarding Vitamin B12
…15, 2023. Accessed March 14, 2024. https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/VitaminB12-Consumer/#:~:text=Many%20older%20adults%20don%27t,vitamin%20B12%20from%20these%20sources Cleveland Clinic. Vitamin B12 deficiency. Accessed March 14, 2024. https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/22831-vitamin-b12-deficiency Brasky TM, White E, Chen CL. Long-Term, Supplemental, One-Carbon Metabolism-Related Vitamin B Use…
To Supplement or Not to Supplement?
…DJA, Spence JD, Giovannucci EL, et al. Supplemental Vitamins and Minerals for CVD Prevention and Treatment. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2018;71(22):2570-2584. doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2018.04.020 Grand View Research. Dietary Supplements Market Size &…
Breathe Easy: Tips to Support Respiratory Health
…in asthma and future perspectives.” Drug Design, Development, and Therapy. 7 (2013): 1003–1013. Juergens UR, Dethlefsen U, et. al. “Anti-inflammatory activity of 1.8-cineol (eucalyptol) in bronchial asthma: a double-blind placebo-controlled…
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