Vitamin D
Llewellyn DJ et al
Arch Int Med 2010; 170:1135-1141
One of the concerns about getter older is the development of dementia, or more commonly cognitive decline. It has been observed that low blood levels of vitamin D are associated with...
The importance of vitamin D in immune defence mechanisms in the human and why sunlight and vitamin are not important in furry nocturnal mammals.
Immunity involves defence processes against infection and learning from the experience so that...
Vitamin D protects against melanoma.
We live in a time of heliophobia - fear of the sun. We are told that the sun is very dangerous and must be avoided, otherwise we will develop skin cancer.
There is no doubt that facial squamous...
Blood levels of vitamin D are lower in the winter and spring compared the summer and autumn (Figure 1).
This is both known and expected, as most of our vitamin D comes from the direct action of the sun on our skin. The blood levels of vitamin...
Much is known about the relationship between vitamin D insufficiency and a variety of illnesses, but little action results. We are in an age of government directed preventative medicine in many countries; this necessitates the identification...
Vitamin D is an accident or miracle of evolution. The process is in some respects quite simple. It starts with a long chain fatty acid called squalene, first discovered as shark oil in 1916. It is related to the omega group of fatty acids.
Squalene
Metabolic...
Vitamin D and Cholesterol - the importance of the sun
http://www.vitamin-d-deficiency.co.uk
Dr David S Grimes
Vitamin D levels in British Adults
Hypovitaminosis D in British adults at age 45 y: nationwide cohort study of dietary...
