Dr. Mercola says that the number of diseases found to be impacted by your vitamin D levels is rising rapidly. As Dr. Cannell (a vitamin D researcher) points out in his meta-analysis, vitamin D appears to reduce your risk of dying from virtually ANY disease. Dr. Mercola also says that everyone should have their vitamin D levels tested but not through Quest (the results from there apparently have not been accurate). The test is called a 25-hydroxyvitamin D level and the levels are as follows:
Deficient = Less than 50 ng/ml
Optimal = 50 - 65 ng/ml
For someone with cancer = 65 - 90 ng/ml
Excessive = Greater than 100 ng/ml
Here are some websites on the subject of vitamin D:
Vitamin-D.com
Vitamin D, Merck
John Cannell, MD, California
Vitamin D - MayoClinic.com
Dietary Supplement Fact Sheet: Vitamin D
Friday, January 9, 2009
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