What is Your Summer’s End Vitamin D Level?
Vitamin D levels tend to be at their peak at summer’s end – what is your level after this summer’s events? Key Points GrassrootsHealth scientists recommend measuring the vitamin D level at the end...
Too Many Miss this Vital Step in their Vitamin D Routine
How do you know your best dose of vitamin D if you don’t follow each of these steps? The knowledge surrounding vitamin D and its many health benefits has increased over the last several...
GrassrootsHealth Publication on Breast Cancer Achieves Top 10%
Our paper on breast cancer and vitamin D has been named as one of the top 10% most cited PLOS ONE papers published in 2018! Exciting news!! Our paper, titled Breast cancer risk markedly...
Happy BIRTHDAY Week to Everyone, Share the Abundant Gifts that You Have Helped Create
Today is Carole’s birthday! She wants to share her presents with you. It’s GrassrootsHealth’s founder Carole Baggerly’s BIRTHDAY! June 14th is a very special day in honoring everyone’s work to Move Research into Practice...
Why the Same Dose Does Not Work for Everyone
One of the most important things to understand with vitamin D is the variability in individual dose-response It is not uncommon to hear general suggestions about how much vitamin D people need. Whether considering...
Could a COVID-19 Infection Cause Diabetes?
A recent review describes the bi-directional links between diabetes and COVID-19, and the role vitamin D may play Increased COVID-19 disease severity has been linked to several independent risk factors, including vitamin D deficiency,...
What’s the Big Deal with the Questionnaire?
Insight on how GrassrootsHealth collects data, why we collect the data we do, how it is used to help you with your health decisions and to move research into practice Becoming a participant of...
Hypertension in the GrassrootsHealth Cohort: Demographics and Vitamin D Status
Gender and age differences among GrassrootsHealth participants with hypertension On the health and lifestyle section of the GrassrootsHealth questionnaire, participants are asked whether or not they have ever been diagnosed with a number of...
Thankful for YOU and Your Passion for Health
We are excited for you and what you are helping to accomplish! Your continued support and contributions are moving nutrient research into practice – here’s one of our favorite examples of how. On Tuesday,...
Type 2 Diabetes Incidence 60% Lower with Higher Vitamin D (41 ng/ml vs. 22 ng/ml)
Association seen between higher vitamin D levels and reduced risk of type 2 diabetes According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), diabetes afflicts 34.2 million people in the United States, about 10%...