Vitamin D, sometimes known as the sunshine vitamin, has been the subject of great debate. Perhaps the two most important questions are: how much is too much and what is an “optimal” level? The Vitamin D Council considers vitamin D to be essential for supporting bone health, cancer prevention... [More]

Recently, the IOM made a modest increase in the RDA for vitamin D and doubled the upper limit (UL). Yes, with all the research out there, you would have thought they would have set the levels higher. The committee felt that the media has raised public expectations and physicians have been using... [More]

You may have seen a story in the news recently about the “big” changes in vitamin D recommendations pumped out by the prestigious Institute of Medicine… In summary, they concluded that the majority of people in North America, from age 1 to 70, now “require 600 IU&rsquo... [More]

The flu season has arrived—make sure your ready! Nutritional support has been shown to interfere with the pathogenic processes of influenza. [More]