Resolving the Vitamin D-Bate
Why the current vitamin D recommendations may be too low, other expert recommendations may be...
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Do Vegetarians Have More or Less Depression and Anxiety?
Snapshot-in-time cross-sectional studies are mixed when it comes to vegetarian diets and mental health outcomes.
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How the Institute of Medicine Arrived at their Vitamin D Recommendation
The latest revision of the official vitamin D recommendations was based on the body's reaction...
The Difficulty of Arriving at a Vitamin D Recommendation
People respond differently to the same level of vitamin D supplementation, making it difficult to...
Vitamin D Supplements May Be Necessary
To reach the circulating (25-hydroxy) vitamin D levels associated with the lowest overall mortality, one...
Vitamin D and Mortality May Be a U-Shaped Curve
Vitamin D deficiency may shorten one's lifespan, but getting too much vitamin D may also...
Is Vitamin D the New Vitamin E?
The Institute of Medicine's conservative position on vitamin D is understandable, given the history of...
Evolutionary Argument for Optimal Vitamin D Level
Should the vitamin D levels found in lifeguards be considered the norm for our species,...
Vitamin D Recommendations Changed
The Institute of Medicine tripled their official vitamin D recommendation, based on target blood levels...
Is Pomegranate Juice That Wonderful?
Food companies (such as POM Wonderful) invoke the First Amendment to defend false and unsubstantiated...
Alzheimer’s & Apple Juice
Pilot study published on whether apple juice could affect the cognitive performance, day-to-day functioning, mood,...
Constructing a Cognitive Portfolio
Different fruits and vegetables appear to support different cognitive domains of the brain, so both...
Best Fruit Juice
Which common fruit juices have the most (and least) phenolic phytonutrients, which may protect against...