by Brenda Watson | Sep 2, 2013 | General
Your body can make vitamin D out of sunlight, a fact you may already know. Unfortunately, however, it’s not as easy as it sounds. The amount of vitamin D produced from sunlight depends on the time of year, time of day, where you live in the world, the color of your...
by Brenda Watson | Aug 19, 2013 | General
The wonders of vitamin D continue to amaze me as study after study links low vitamin D levels to poor health and vitamin D supplementation and optimal vitamin D levels to good health. This holds true in children and teens as well. In two studies recently presented at...
by Brenda Watson | Jan 30, 2013 | General
Vitamin D is one of those nutrients that I highly recommend for just about everyone. Vitamin D levels are being found to be insufficient or deficient in people all over the world, including in the United States. By conventional medical standards, a vitamin D level...
by Brenda Watson | Aug 24, 2012 | General
In 2010 the Institute of Medicine updated the recommended daily allowance (RDA) of vitamin D from 400 IU to 600 IU per day for adults up to age 70, and 800 IU per day for adults 71 years and older. While this update was a (tiny) step in the right direction, many...
by Brenda Watson | Dec 26, 2011 | General
Inflammatory bowel disease, or IBD, is characterized by inflammation of the intestines, and is most notably represented as Crohn’s disease, which usually affects the small intestine, but may affect other areas of the digestive tract, and ulcerative colitis, which...
