In a previous post, we highlighted results from a study that looked at vitamin D levels of non-supplementing adults living in the same area in Italy and who had similar sun exposure habits. The...
In a previous post, we focused on the importance of testing to measure where you are NOW. Without the knowledge of where you are, it is impossible to know what steps need to be...
At this time, the major leaders in the movement for disease prevention are definitely NOT the institutions but individuals like you and your family and friends. Supporting and growing this individualism and independence in...
GrassrootHealth believes that the key to moving research into practice is to equip individuals with the knowledge needed to take charge of their own health. By providing people with information about the health benefits...
A recent vitamin D supplement review by Consumer Labs referenced the “safe upper tolerable intake” of 4,000 IU per day for vitamin D, set by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS, previously the IOM),...
Seasonal trends have been observed in several diseases. Vitamin D deficiency is known to be more prevalent during particular times of the year, which may contribute to an increased risk of certain seasonal diseases....
Some of you may have noticed that your vitamin D blood spot cards from GrassrootsHealth now have a place to enter the time of blood collection. Why is this information important? Earlier this year...
When it comes to how vitamin D supplementation affects vitamin D serum levels, it is important to recognize the wide range of serum level responses that can be produced at any specific supplementation amount....
As we saw in an earlier post, vitamin D levels vary by location among GrassrootsHealth participants. In addition to vitamin D testing, more than 1,800 participants have also measured their Omega-3 Index using the...
As we saw in an earlier post of this series, GrassrootsHealth participants reside in 55 countries worldwide with over 1,000 residing in Canada (the country with the largest number of participants after the United...