 Posted 23/03/2009 09:37:49
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Link to NOS article in which Professor Roger Francis, Chair of the National Osteoporosis Society’s Medical Board, says “Up to 15 % of people in the UK are estimated to have low levels of vitamin D, while 80% have levels which are considered unhealthy.":
http://www.nos.org.uk/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=535&srcid=228
Link to video of lecture by Dr Robert Heaney on vitamin D, it's deficiency, disease linked to deficiency, supplementation and safety. This lecture was given to doctors but it is still very understandable:
http://www.ucsd.tv/search-details.asp?showID=15751
And this is another one which is really interesting too, though the doctor talks in American units of serum D measurement - to convert ng/mL to nmol/L, which the UK and rest of the world use, multiply by 2.5.
http://www.ucsd.tv/search-details.asp?showID=15773
Osteoporosis - Strontium Ranelate, Dekristol vitamin D3 20,000 IU/week, weight lifting, walking and vibration platform exercise, alkaline loaded diet, vitamin K2 MK-7 100mcg/d, K2 MK-4 5mg/d. Diabetes - Repaglinide, low carb diet and exercise. Congenital heart defect - Omacor and CoQ10
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