Category Archives: 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D / Calcitriol

Predicting Vitamin D Status Without a Blood Test

Posted on September 17, 2015 by Robert Barrington

Vitamin D is a steroid hormone with a wide ranging nutritional role. Vitamin D can be synthesised from cholesterol in the skin in a reaction catalysed by ultraviolet light or can be derived from the diet. Vitamin D is not … Continue reading →

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Vitamin D and Weight Loss

Posted on September 14, 2015 by Robert Barrington

The traditional role for vitamin D was one of allowing correct bone formation. In this regard, vitamin D deficiencies are associated with osteomalacia and rickets in adults and children, respectively. However, more recently the role for vitamin D in human … Continue reading →

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More Thoughts on Vitamin D

Posted on August 2, 2015 by Robert Barrington
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Do Vitamin D Levels Continue Rise in The Autumn?

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Robert Barrington

Vitamin D is actually a hormone and not a vitamin. Vitamin D is synthesised in the skin of humans in a reaction catalysed by ultraviolet light. The first step in the synthesis of vitamin D is the conversion of hepatically … Continue reading →

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Does Vitamin D Aid Weight Loss?

Posted on May 10, 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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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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Dairy, Calcium and Weight Loss

Posted on November 30, 2012 by Robert Barrington

Evidence from epidemiology shows and inverse association between dairy intake and body weight. That this effect might be due to the calcium content of dairy is supported by a similar inverse association between calcium and body weight. The mechanisms by … Continue reading →

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