reprised from February 2016 Vitamin D is known as the “sunshine vitamin.” This is because 90 percent of our D requirements naturally comes from the sun. Bioavailable vitamin D3 is created in the skin through the action of the sun's UV-B rays on cholesterol (7-dehydroxycholesterol), as one of five forms. Diet offers Vitamin D2 and D3 as [...]
*Special thanks to Jim Stephenson Jr for the invaluable assistance in collecting the studies. Sun at sunrise in the mountains Vitamin D is known as the “sunshine vitamin.” This is because 90 percent of our D requirements naturally comes from the sun. Bioavailable vitamin D3 is created in the skin through the action of the [...]
Today the headlines read, “High Lead Levels in Michigan Kids” as if it was only just discovered. However, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) knew of the dangers in Flint, Michigan as far back as 2003. The media blankets the news day-after-day with its version of the “top story” so we narrowly focus on something that serves as [...]
Zanzibar red colobus ( Procolobus kirkii) in Jozani forest The Zika virus was first observed in monkeys in 1947, 69 years ago, when researchers from the Rockefeller Foundation were conducting a research for Yellow Fever in the Zika Forest of Uganda. Male chef looking at order list Government chefs have successfully stirred the [...]
