Harness the Power of the Sun for Health
May 5, 2016 In an effort to increase public awareness of the importance of sunshine to human health, we are declaring May to be “National Sunshine Month.” With the transition from an agrarian to...
D*action Sponsorships
April 27, 2016 Our recent paper, Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Concentrations ≥40 ng/ml Are Associated with >65% Lower Cancer Risk: Pooled Analysis of Randomized Trial and Prospective Cohort Study, published April 6 in PLOS ONE,...
Know your D level
April 13, 2016 Last week, we presented the results of a study that we did with a combination of YOUR data and data from the randomized trial published in 2007 by Drs Lappe and...
Lower risk of cancer with vitamin D
April 6, 2016 Today, April 6, 2016, is the release of a truly definitive paper about vitamin D and cancer. In 2007, I read a paper by Lappe et al. and, cried. It was...
Here’s to the end of MS!
March 30, 2016 In December 2011, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society convened a two-day meeting of 40 MS experts from around the world. They were neurologists, epidemiologists, clinical trial specialists, laboratorians like me, molecular...
A Personal Study on Vitamin D and MS
March 23, 2016 Barbara van Amerongen and I met at a Vitamin D Workshop in Brugge, Belgium in 2012. She was very interested in what GrassrootsHealth was doing with a non-clinical trial research approach...
What Does the Equator have to do with MS?
March 16, 2016 The amount of material the major multiple sclerosis organizations have on vitamin D, latitude and MS is colossal. MS organizations are funding research, but it may not adequately represent vitamin D’s...
Let’s Hear from the MS Community!
March 9, 2016 Last week’s news was eye-opening, wasn’t it? Dr. Cicero Coimbra’s treatment may not be the panacea for MS, but it is a treatment and we will be studying it. GrassrootsHealth has...
MS Treatment Protocol May Put Patients in Remission
March 2, 2016 Vitamin D is great for prevention of disease, but what about treatment after you’ve been diagnosed? We will study and report on leading-edge treatments using vitamin D as we find them....
The Importance of Regular Testing
February 24, 2016 The number one question I receive continues to be, “How much should I take?” The answer to that question also continues to be, “There is no magic amount. You have to...