A leading scientist has urged people to consider taking vitamin D supplements, because children spend an hour a day less outside than they did ten years ago. Steve Jones, a professor of genetics at University College London, told the Hay Festival in Powys, where he was discussing his book Here Comes the Sun, that Britain’s […]
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VITAMIN D deficiency symptoms include feeling very sleepy, having aches and pains, and extreme tiredness. This is when feeling tired could be a sign of something serious. Should you consider adding more vitamin D-rich foods to your diet? Vitamin D is crucial to the overall health of the body, as it helps to keep muscles,
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The new study has shown that vitamin D deficiency alone can lead to heart failure, possibly through insulin resistance. It has found that cardiac insulin leads to functional deterioration of heart in animals with low vitamin D levels. The utilization of glucose and fatty acids – key fuels for energy generation in heart – is
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Sunlight is the major source of vit D. As a cult, especially in urban pockets, life is more exciting indoors. Infact, life happens indoors. But lets also not fool ourselves, even if we were to spend some time as a rule in the sun daily, I suspect no marked change in the levels. The pollution
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Doctors say at least 80% of urban population suffers from deficiency of Vitamin D, vital for absorption of calcium. Its deficiency makes the body vulnerable to diseases such as cancer. In 2013, 40 per cent of Indians were estimated to be Vitamin D deficient — half of the current estimates. Experts say that a growing
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