Saturday, June 28, 2008

Vitamin D

Vitamin D has recently become a hot area of research.

Low vitamin D- 25(OH)D- has been linked to depression.

Low Vitamin D levels have also been linked with a poorer prognosis in women with breast cancer.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

If I'm correct Vitamin D you get from the sun. 30 minutes outside each day should help ?

Undiagnosed Illness

Michael Rack, MD said...

yes, sunlight converts vitamin D to the active form