Postpone Chronic Disease
Given that we have longer lifespans, how can we live healthy until we die? Between 1900 and 2000 the average US lifespan has increased from 47 to 77 years. What if you wished for...
Where do breast cancer donations go? Is it worth the walk?
We all want to eliminate breast cancer. It has touched most every life and is a brutal disease – the diagnosis, the treatment, and possibly death. But where should we give our money to...
Do mammograms prevent breast cancer?
No! Source: CDC, US cancer statistics (choose United States, Female Breast) Breast cancer awareness month was started in 1985 with a goal of promoting mammography as the best weapon against breast cancer. Since that...
Health and Vitality at 62
Tell us a little about yourself. My name is Alison Lee. I live in the forested mountains of Western North Carolina. How did you hear about GrassrootsHealth & vitamin D? For years, I have...
Three Steps to Decreasing Your Breast Cancer Risk
GrassrootsHealth promotes health change through research. There are many research articles which conclude that vitamin D levels above 60 ng/ml (150 nmol/L) may significantly reduce your chance of getting breast cancer. Read about some...
Leadership: What it Takes to Change the Vitamin D Paradigm for Public Health
September 27, 2018 By Carole Baggerly Last week, I was at the FDA in Washington, DC to present a health claim petition about the effect of vitamin D on preterm birth prevention, with Dr....
Why FDA Approval is Important to Vitamin D
History Try this experiment. Go to your medicine cabinet and pull out your vitamins. Read the small print. Do they make any health claims? For example, we have reported many times that vitamin D...
Research to Support FDA Petition – Vitamin D and Preterm Birth
With approximately 1 preterm birth every 90 seconds in the US, it is time to act!
Initial Vitamin D Levels on the Rise
Our very first D*action test results came in just over 9 years ago, in January 2009. Over 11,500 individuals have now taken part in our “observational field trial” by sharing their vitamin D test...
Could Vitamin D Prevent a Flu Epidemic?
February 8, 2018 According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates, this winter’s flu season is on track to be worse than that of the 2014-2015 season when 34 million Americans...