Vitamin Information Center

It wasn’t too long ago that bone fractures were considered an inevitable part of aging.

Research strides in the past 15 years, however, have revealed bone diseases such as osteoporosis not only can be diagnosed early and treated to reduce fracture risk but can be prevented altogether in most individuals, according to the 2004 Surgeon General’s Report on Bone Health and Osteoporosis. Continue Reading…

Claudette Novak

The most natural source of vitamin D is the sun. It has always been referred to as the “sunshine vitamin.” This is because the body has special cells underneath the surface of the skin that produce vitamin D when activated by ultraviolet light.
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It is common knowledge that too many trips through the fast food drive-thru can have some unwanted side effects on a person’s body.

But those side effects might not be limited to high cholesterol and a few extra pounds.
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Unless you are lucky enough to live in a location that enjoys year-round sunshine and mild temperatures, you are likely to experience a drop in your Vitamin D levels during the winter. Getting direct sun on your skin is one of the chief ways in which you get vitamin D. With the colder weather, we spend less time outdoors and when we are outdoors, we try to cover as much skin as possible.
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The so-called sunshine vitamin is poised to become the nutrient of the decade, if a host of recent findings are to be believed. Vitamin D, an essential nutrient found in a limited number of foods, has long been renowned for its role in creating strong bones, which is why it is added to milk.

Stuart Bradford

Now a growing legion of medical researchers have raised strong doubts about the adequacy of currently recommended levels of intake, from birth through the sunset years. The researchers maintain, based on a plethora of studies, that vitamin D levels considered adequate to prevent bone malformations like rickets in children are not optimal to counter a host of serious ailments that are now linked to low vitamin D levels.
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MADISON —A person’s ability to fight disease, build muscle and prevent broken bones may all hinge on how much vitamin D the body receives and produces. But new research published in the Wisconsin Medical Journal (Volume 106, No. finds residents of the dairy state are vitamin D deficient. Continue Reading…

Now more than ever, there are 100s of diets to pick from when you decide it is time to slim down. Prior to beginning any diet or exercise routine, it is highly recommended that you talk with your doctor. This will ensure that there is no underlying medical condition that could cause problems in the process.
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Badgerland offers text message quotes, reports

Badgerland Farm Credit Services is offering a new service called Commodities Direct in which agricultural producers can receive Chicago Board of Trade quotes and USDA crop reports sent by way of text message directly to their cell phones. Continue Reading…

I would like to share my hair care tips which are tried and effective. Now a days there are lots of persons who are facing severe hairloss problems. Out of my strict maintenance, i have observed many useful tips concerned to maintaining healthy haircare and the remedies of hairfall which are being given under which will be much useful for persons suffering from severe hair fall issues. I am sure anyone who uses these remedies will definitely get a real solution and their hair will be perfect, bright, shining and thick.
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Special K has a great promotional idea going with their “Special K Challenge. After all, so many of us want to shed the extra pounds we put on during the Holidays, what’s wrong with them offering us a little help while they introduce their new line of snack products? Besides, the program is logical. You are cutting calories if you substitute two meals a day with either Special K Cereal or one of their snack bars and milk. Cutting calories usually leads to weight loss, right?
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