Got Vitamin D?

I was having my annual physical yesterday and I asked to have my vitamin D level taken. It had been 6 months since I had the blood test, so I want to see where it is at. It will take a few days to get the result. The blood test you need is called a […]

Can we Trust What is in that bottle?

Can we trust what is in that bottle? In February this year, a study  was published by Kaiser Permanente in the Journal of the American Medical Association:Internal Medicine investigating the contents of vitamin D supplements. Researchers performed an independent analysis of several over-the-counter vitamin D supplements, and the results were stunning: the contents of the vitamin […]

How Can I reduce my risk of breast cancer?

Aside from skin cancer, breast cancer is the most common cancer among U.S. women.  The following lifestyle strategies may help to lower your risk of breast cancer: Radically reduce your sugar intake. Normalizing your insulin levels by avoiding sugar is one of the most powerful physical actions you can take to lower your risk of cancer. […]

Vitamin D

Do you know your Vitamin D level? This may be one of the most important questions you could ever ask yourself…and also one of the easiest to answer. Ask your doctor for a 25-hydroxyvitamin D, or 25(OH)D, test. One may also refer to it simply as a “vitamin D test. Vitamin D is a nutrient […]