The vitamin D revolution : how the power of this amazing vitamin can change your life

Recent, groundbreaking medical research has made a connection between Vitamin D deficiency and 17 types of cancers, including breast, colon, and prostate. Illnesses such as influenza, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, and coronary heart disease have also been connected to a lack of this vitamin. Until not too long ago, not getting enough Vitamin D (the sunshine vitamin) was only associated with rickets, the childhood bone disease. Now, Soram Khalsa, M.D., sheds new light on the power of this long-forgotten vitamin. He reveals how to recognize signs of Vitamin D deficiency, which has reached epidemic proportions in North America, and then shares insights from his Beverly Hills medical practice, where he normalizes his own patients’ Vitamin D levels for their optimal health. How our understanding of vitamin D has evolved The history of vitamin D The types and forms of vitamin D How our bodies make vitamin D Vitamin D where does it come from? Vitamin d the sunshine vitamin The problem with getting enough vitamin D from the sun Food and supplements as sources of vitamin D Vitamin D's role in your body Vitamin D affects most tissues in the body Why vitamin D deficiency has become an epidemic Groups at risk for vitamin D deficiency Illness, disease, and vitamin D deficiency Research on vitamin D and cancer Research on vitamin D and other illnesses Vitamin D could improve overall health Measuring vitamin d deficiency and optimizing your vitamin D levels Measuring vitamin D levels Correcting my patients' vitamin D levels throughout the lifespan Dosages I recommend to my patients. Recent, groundbreaking medical research has made a connection between Vitamin D deficiency and 17 types of cancers, including breast, colon, and prostate. Illnesses such as influenza, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, and coronary heart disease have also been connected to a lack of this vitamin. Until not too long ago, not getting enough Vitamin D (the sunshine vitamin) was only associated with rickets, the childhood bone disease. Now, Soram Khalsa, M.D., sheds new light on the power of this long-forgotten vitamin. He reveals how to recognize signs of Vitamin D deficiency, which has reached epidemic proportions in North America, and then shares insights from his Beverly Hills medical practice, where he normalizes his own patients{u2019} Vitamin D levels for their optimal health "Recent, groundbreaking medical research has made a connection between Vitamin D deficiency and 17 types of cancers, including breast, colon, and prostate. Illnesses such as influenza, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, and coronary heart disease have also been connected to a lack of this vitamin. Until not too long ago, not getting enough Vitamin D (the sunshine vitamin) was only associated with rickets, the childhood bone disease."--p [4] of cover Medical research has made a connection between Vitamin D deficiency and seventeen types of cancers, including breast, colon, and prostate. This book reveals how to recognize signs of Vitamin D deficiency, which has reached epidemic proportions in Western society.