Vitamin D

Another very informative newsletter from The Vitamin D Council New study concludes the need for vitamin D repletion in systemic lupus erythematosis patients Several studies have documented that patients with systemic lupus erythematosis (SLE) have low vitamin D levels and that those with the lowest levels progress to the most serious cases. Furthermore, animal studies […]

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Editor Emeritus on July 1st, 2011

We are all waiting for the 900 or so randomized controlled trials that scientists are conducting using vitamin D.  This morning, researchers working at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, under the direction of Professor Anastassios Pittas, published just such a randomized controlled trial in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Their research group reported that […]

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Editor Emeritus on June 29th, 2011

The Vitamin D Council, a nonprofit educational corporation, is set to file a complaint to the Attorney General against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding policies that disparately afflict African Americans. The Vitamin D Council argues that through a combination of mandated and encouraged practices, the FDA depends upon milk to deliver virtually all […]

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Editor Emeritus on May 24th, 2011

Dr John Cannell of The Vitamin D Council writes: While I am not planning on researching and publishing any more theories in peer reviewed journals, new scientific theories on vitamin D are waiting to be written.  For example, take one of the most common medical conditions in the USA, heartburn or GERD.  It involves a […]

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Editor Emeritus on May 22nd, 2011

On July 1, 2011, the Vitamin D Council is planning to begin a free clinic for children with autism. My time will be free, the autism assessment scales will be free, the blood tests will be free, and the vitamin D for the kids will be free (due to the generosity of Ddrops). We estimate […]

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