Vitamin D is essential for normal bone growth and development, and to maintain bone density.

It is also necessary for the utilization of both calcium and phosphorus. Acting as a hormone, vitamin D increases re-absorption of calcium and phosphorus by the kidneys and increased bone turnover.

Vitamin D may also increase the calcium around damaged joints in persons with gout and rheumatoid arthritis. Vitamin D3 has been used to prevent and treat various cancers, including breast and prostate. Scientific evidence supports the concept that vitamin D likely plays an important role in controlling auto-immunity and MS.

Vitamin D Studies

Extensive research from Japan and the Netherlands has also shown that vitamin K supplementation has a powerful effect in decreasing osteoporosis and osteoporosis related fractures. Combining vitamin K, vitamin D, and calcium seems ideal.

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Researchers from the Peninsula Medical School, the University of Cambridge and the University of Michigan, have for the first time identified a relationship between Vitamin D, the "sunshine vitamin", and cognitive impairment in a large-scale study of older people. The importance of these findings lies in the connection between cognitive function and dementia: people who have impaired cognitive function are more likely to develop dementia. The paper will appear in a forthcoming issue of the Journal of Geriatric Psychology and Neurology. more info

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Radiological health expert Daniel Hayes, Ph.D., of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene suggests that a form of vitamin D could be one of our body's main protections against damage from low levels of radiation. Writing in the International Journal of Low Radiation, Hayes explains that calcitriol, the active form of vitamin D, may protect us from background radiation and could be used as a safe protective agent before or after a low-level nuclear incident. more info

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