Is Vitamin D Testing Necessary?
Our vitamin D myth busting series has covered several important topics, with our last possibly being the most important of all – an explanation of why the current recommendation of 600 IU vitamin D...
What are the Magnesium Levels of GrassrootsHealth Participants?
Magnesium is a mineral essential for many functions within the body including blood pressure regulation, bone health, blood glucose control, and vitamin D activation. Magnesium deficiency is common world-wide and low magnesium levels have been...
Current Recommendations are Too Low
Our vitamin D myth busting series continues with one of the most important-to-address myths about vitamin D – that the current recommended daily allowance (RDA) of 600 IU per day, from all sources, and...
Watch Out! Too Much Vitamin D can be Toxic: The toxicity debate (Pt. 2)
Our vitamin D myth busting series continues, with our last post dispelling the myth that vitamin D can be stored in our fat cells for later use and can become toxic. While it is...
Vitamin D is Fat Soluble: The storage debate
We hear it sometimes, in the media and from our doctors. “You don’t need to supplement with vitamin D because it is stored in your fat cells for use,” or “Be careful supplementing with...
Unique Individuals Deserve Unique Health Approaches
GrassrootsHealth Nutrient Research Institute was invited to create an information piece for the USA Today March 26th focus Future of Personal Health View the Digital Version Here Download the full PDF Here Download the...
Vitamin D and Incidence of Flu – Information You Should Know
With the immune system as a central focus during the recent weeks, GrassrootsHealth has shared several posts about the essential role of vitamin D in immune functioning. Vitamin D has also been in the...
No Toxicity Seen with 5,000 to 50,000 IU Vitamin D per Day
Vitamin D toxicity is a rare imbalance, usually caused by excessive vitamin D supplementation, that can lead to hypercalcemia (increased calcium in the blood), hyperphosphatemia (increased phosphate in the blood), and suppressed serum PTH...
Could Periodic Doses of 60,000 IU Vitamin D to New Breastfeeding Mothers Help Prevent Vitamin D Deficiency in Both Mothers & Infants?
In response to an upcoming publication by Trivedi et al., Dr. Carol Wagner, a member of the GrassrootsHealth Scientist Panel, writes a compelling summary of the current status of vitamin D deficiency among new...
Are both supplemental magnesium and vitamin K2 combined important for vitamin D levels?
In a previous blog we showed that supplemental magnesium and vitamin K2 individually affect vitamin D levels. In today’s blog we will investigate whether combined intake of both supplemental magnesium and vitamin K2 has...