Category Archives: 25-hydroxyvitamin D

More On vitamin D Insufficiencies

Posted on March 17, 2015 by Robert Barrington

In humans vitamin is activated to 25-hydroxyvitamin D in the liver. Plasma levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D are the accepted marker for vitamin D status. Levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D are increasingly being reported as being insufficient for human health. Vitamin D … Continue reading →

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Time To Get Into The Sun? More On Vitamin D

Posted on March 13, 2015 by Robert Barrington
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Vitamin D And The Risk of Infection

Posted on February 18, 2015 by Robert Barrington

The traditional view of vitamin D was that is was required for the prevention of the bone disorders osteomalacia and rickets, in adults and children, respectively. However, recent research has expanded this narrow range of functions for vitamin D. The … Continue reading →

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Vitamin D in Multivitamin And Multimineral Formulas

Posted on February 7, 2015 by Robert Barrington
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Vitamin D In Human Milk

Posted on January 30, 2015 by Robert Barrington

Traditionally vitamin D has been viewed as an essential nutrient necessary only for correct calcium metabolism. This is reflected in the classic vitamin D deficiency diseases of the bones including osteomalacia and rickets in adults and children, respectively. However, more … Continue reading →

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Midwinter: Vitamin D Reminder

Posted on January 5, 2015 by Robert Barrington
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More on Vitamin D And Cancer

Posted on July 6, 2014 by Robert Barrington

Cell culture experiments show that the addition of vitamin D to breast cancer cell lines inhibits the proliferation of the cells. As well as this antiproliferative effects, vitamin D is also known to produce pro-differentiation effects and cell cycle stabilisation … Continue reading →

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