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Tracking Your Vitamin D Intake with a Mobile App

| May 7, 2015 Comment

Tracking Your Vitamin D Intake with a Mobile App – There seem to be apps for everything these days! Scientists tested the efficacy of a mobile app for tracking vitamin D intake. Vitamin D is essential for maintaining bone health and immunity, and research shows that it can help protect against many chronic diseases. Our […]

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Vitamin D Deficiency Linked to Diabetes

| February 25, 2015 Comment

Vitamin D Deficiency Linked to Diabetes – While it’s known that obesity can cause diabetes, the link to vitamin D deficiency has not been very clear, until now. To determine if vitamin D deficiency increases the risk of diabetes, or if it simply causes weight gain, a team of Spanish researchers examined the vitamin D […]

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Winter Can Cause Depression — Here’s How to Combat It

Winter Can Cause Depression — Here’s How to Combat It

| November 24, 2014 Comment

Winter Can Cause Depression — Here’s How to Combat It – Millions of American suffer from seasonal depression every year. It can lead to adverse health effects, but there are ways to ease symptoms. Winter doesn’t officially begin until Dec. 21. But with daylight saving time and the crazy weather we’ve seen lately, it sure […]

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