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With heart deaths linked to low vitamin D levels, an expert offers advice on getting just enough sun. ... In the winter, it's impossible to produce vitamin D from the sun if you live north of Atlanta because the sun never gets high enough in the sky for its ultraviolet B rays to penetrate the atmosphere. But summer is a...
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www.usnews.com/health/family-health/articles/2008/06/23...
www.usnews.com/health/family-health/articles/2008/06/23/time-in-the-sun-how-much-is-needed-for-vitamin-d.html
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The sun is an important source of Vitamin D. Our bodies make Vitamin D when sunlight touches our bare skin. ... In addition to allowing yourself some exposure to the sun, here are more recommendations from The Center For Science in the Public Interest for Daily Health involving Vitamin D and Calcium: • Calcium:
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www.tomigion.com/phpshop/sun_tip6.html
www.tomigion.com/phpshop/sun_tip6.html
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Health News - M.S., the Sun, and Vitamin D ... Two recent scientific studies published or announced within the past two weeks point to the benefit of sun exposure. The studies have linked a lack of exposure to Vitamin D, which is created naturally by sunshine or artificial ultraviolet light, as a significantly increased...
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www.healthcentral.com/drdean/408/60762.html
www.healthcentral.com/drdean/408/60762.html
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It is also produced endogenously when ultraviolet rays from sunlight strike the skin and trigger vitamin D synthesis [1,2]. Vitamin D obtained from sun exposure, food, and supplements is biologically inert and must undergo two hydroxylations in the body for activation.
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ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/vitamind.asp
ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/vitamind.asp
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More than three-quarters of Americans are not getting enough vitamin D. ... Otherwise known as the sunshine vitamin, D is created when the body absorbs the sun's UV-B rays. A handful of foodstuffs, including cod liver oil, salmon, tuna fish and fortified cereals and milk, are rich in the nutrient.
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www.forbes.com/2009/05/06/sun-vitamin-d-lifestyle-healt...
www.forbes.com/2009/05/06/sun-vitamin-d-lifestyle-health-sun-vitamin.html
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This study examined associations of breast cancer with sun exposure, the principal source of vitamin D, and vitamin D receptor gene (VDR) polymorphisms (FokI, TaqI, BglI) in a population-based case-control study of Hispanic, African-American, and non-Hispanic White women aged 35–79 years from the San Francisco Bay Area...
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aje.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/166/12/1409
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If you use the sun to get vitamin D, you really don't have to worry about measuring your vitamin D levels, as sunlight will actually destroy excess vitamin D. It is very difficult to overdose on vitamin D from sun exposure.
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articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2005/06/07/...
articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2005/06/07/sun-vitamind.aspx
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Helping patients to overcome their chronic musculoskeletal aches and pains may be as simple, well-tolerated, and inexpensive as an extra daily supplement of vitamin D. ... VITAMIN D for Chronic Pain Syndromes...
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pain-topics.org/clinical_concepts/vitamind.php
pain-topics.org/clinical_concepts/vitamind.php
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E. M. John, G. G. Schwartz, J. Koo, W. Wang, and S. A. Ingles; Sun Exposure, Vitamin D Receptor Gene Polymorphisms, and Breast Cancer Risk in a Multiethnic Population; Am. J. Epidemiol., December 15, 2007; 166(12): 1409 - 1419. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF];
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cancerres.aacrjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/65/12/5...
cancerres.aacrjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/65/12/5470
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