Posts tagged deficiency
Low Levels of Vitamin D Linked to Muscle Fat, Decreased Strength In Young People
Mar 7th
Julie Robert
McGill University
March 7, 2010
There’s an epidemic in progress, and it has nothing to do with the flu. A ground-breaking study published in the March 2010 Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism found an astonishing 59 per cent of study subjects had too little Vitamin D in their blood.
Rickets warning from doctors as vitamin D deficiency widens
Jan 24th
Owen Bowcott
The Guardian
January 24, 2010
Computer-obsessed children who spend too long indoors and over-anxious parents who slap on excessive sunscreen are contributing to a sharp rise in cases of the bone disease rickets, doctors are warning. Vitamin D deficiency, which causes the condition, could be rectified by adding supplements to milk and other food, a research team at Newcastle University suggests.
