WASHINGTON – Millions of U.S. children have disturbingly low Vitamin D levels, possibly increasing their risk for bone problems, heart disease, diabetes and other ailments (CANCER), according to two new studies that provide the first national assessment of the crucial nutrient in young Americans.
About 9 percent of those ages 1 through 21 — about 7.6 million children, adolescents and young adults — have Vitamin D levels so low they could be considered deficient, while an additional 61 percent — 50.8 million — have higher levels, but still low enough to be insufficient, according to the analysis of federal data being released Monday.
“It’s astounding,” said Michal L. Melamed of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, who helped conduct one of the studies published online by the journal Pediatrics. “At first, we couldn’t believe the numbers. I think it’s very worrisome.”..read more here..
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In Vitamin D Prescription: The Healing Power of the Sun and How it Can Save Your Life, Eric Madrid touts the benefits of vitamin D
MENIFEE, Calif. (MMD Newswire) August 4, 2009 — Dr. Eric Madrid’s Vitamin D Prescription: The Healing Power of the Sun and How it Can Save Your Life explores how a lack of vitamin D can lead to increased cancers, osteoporosis, heart disease and more.
More than 80 percent of people are affected by a vitamin D deficiency, says doctor and author Madrid in his provocative new book, Vitamin D Prescription. Vitamin D, says Madrid is the key to health and longevity. He believes the deficiency of this vitamin is a public health hazard and thousands of lives and billions of dollars could be saved if physicians checked their patients’ vitamin D levels and supplemented with vitamin pills.
Relying on research from more than 300 scientific articles, Madrid also warns about the dangers of sunscreen, which may increase cancer risk by decreasing vitamin D blood levels. Getting adequate vitamin D is easy, Madrid claims, and he means for his book to help optimize any individual’s health.
Vitamin D Prescription: The Healing Power of the Sun and how it Can Save Your Life is available for sale online at Amazon.com, BookSurge.com and through additional wholesale and retail channels worldwide.
About the Author
Eric Madrid graduated from the Ohio State University School of Medicine in 2002 and has an active practice at Rancho Family Medical Group in Temecula, Calif. Board-certified in family medicine, he served as chairperson for the Relay for Life in Menifee, sponsored by the American Cancer Society.
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