Today we bring you another perspective on how a life with multiple sclerosis (MS) can be improved with vitamin D. Three years ago, GrassrootsHealth checked in with Dr. Barbara M van Amerongen DDS, PhD...
D*action Magnesium + Safety is a new project from GrassrootsHealth to provide you with information about your nutrient status for many essential elements and toxins. In previous blogs we discussed what magnesium is, why...
In this three-part series on magnesium, we previously discussed what magnesium is and how it works in the body (part 1) and today we will take a look at why magnesium is important for...
In a previous blog we discussed why magnesium as a vitamin D co-nutrient is important for vitamin D levels. Today take a look at how co-nutrients work together for optimal health outcomes. What are...
Vitamin D has helped me to walk, to sleep, to get off medication Tell us a little about yourself. My name is Zuleika Jamal. I am a 63-year-old woman living in the Metro DC...
Whenever a study comes out that has questionable benefits for vitamin D the press reports it ad nauseam. In addition, the study below is almost always referenced. So, it is time to make sure...
As I read the headlines I wonder, is this true? Is vitamin D really not necessary for preventing fractures in community-dwelling adults? And by the way… what is a community-dwelling adult? Curious minds prevailed...
Do you often hear that you get ‘enough’ vitamin D from milk? It is a common misconception that continues to be propagated. How much vitamin D is in a glass of milk? One 8-oz...
January 14, 2016 A paper was recently published that launched an attack on vitamin D. The paper, by lead researcher Heike A. Bischoff-Ferrari, MD, Dr PH, studied whether vitamin D would prevent functional decline...
November 18, 2015 It has long been understood that vitamin D is good for the skeletal system – our bones and teeth. But, did you know that adequate vitamin D can not only support...