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Vitamin D Links
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Forecasts and Assessment Tools
- Current UV Index Forcast
- U.S. National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center.
- Erythemal Index—Forecast and Archive
- Tropospheric Emission Monitoring Internet Service.
- National UV Index Forecast Chart
- Commonwealth of Australia Bureau of Meteorology.
- Vitamin D3 Daily Dose—Forecast
- Biometerology/Institute of Medical Physics, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna.
- Direct Labs—Vitamin D Test
- Direct Laboratory Services, Inc.'s mission is to provide laboratory screening tests for individuals who desire to take charge of their own health and personally monitor their wellness, and to assist in the prevention or early detection of disease by providing low cost, high quality screening services directly and confidentially to consumers.
Webcasts
- The Vitamin D Pandemic and its Health Consequences
- Respected Vitamin D researcher Michael Holick gives a keynote address about Vitamin D.
- Contemporary Diagnosis and Treatment of Vitamin D-Related Disorders
- Eight-part presentation from the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research. Windows Media format.
- Prospects for Vitamin D Nutrition
- Very interesting presentation detailing the human species' need for vitamin D. Presented by vitamin D expert Dr. Reinhold Vieth. Windows Media format.
Vitamin D and UVB Information
- Dietary Supplement Fact Sheet: Vitamin D
- Office of Dietary Supplements, NIH.
- Health Research Forum
- Nonprofit that aims to develop and disseminate new ideas for the improvement of public health in the UK and elsewhere.
- Light and Health
- Medical journal articles and conference papers documenting the effect of light on health. From the Lighting Research Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York.
- Linus Pauling Institute Micronutrient Information Center—Vitamin D
- Micronutrient Research, Oregon State University.
- SUNARC
- Sunlight, Nutrition, and Health Research Center. Website of vitamin D expert William B. Grant.
- Unraveling the Enigma of Vitamin D
- From the National Academy of Sciences' Beyond Discovery.
- UV Advantage
- Website of vitamin D expert Dr. Michael Holick.
- UV Foundation
- The UV Foundation is committed to funding educational efforts designed to increase the public awareness of the biologic effects of ultraviolet light.
- Valuable Insights Into the Importance of Vitamin D and Sun
- Mercola.com interview with vitamin D expert Dr. William Grant.
- Vitamin D
- Wikipedia.
- About Vitamin D
- University of California, Riverside.
Vitamin D and Multiple Sclerosis
- Vitamin D Research
- Latest research into vitamin D and MS, from The Multiple Sclerosis Resource Centre (MSRC).
- Vitamin D3
- Vitamin D3's role in Multiple Sclerosis, from MS-information website All About Multiple Sclerosis.
Vitamin D and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
- Vitamin D3 — Essential for Health
- CLL Topics provides information and support to patients and families dealing with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia.
Vitamin D and Your Pet
- Bearded Dragon Health
- Dragons must have calcium and full-spectrum UVB lights in order to maintain proper bone growth.
- College of Veternary Medicine
- Pet Reptiles Need Vitamin D and Calcium for Bone Health.
- Musings on D3 and UV...
- Herp and Green Iguana Information Collection.
- Vitamin D (cholecalciferol)
- Vitamin D and your horse.
- Vitamin D in Birds and Mammals
- Ron Hines DVM PhD.
- Winged Wisdom
- Calcium, Phosphorus, and Vitamin D3 In Your Bird's Diet.
Supplements and Vitamin D-Related Products
- bio-tech Pharmacal Inc.
- The best source for vitamin D3 cholecalciferol. Federally licensed and FDA approved manufacturer.
- GenSpec
- Genetically-specific nutritional supplements.
- Life Extension
- High quality Vitamin D3 Cholecalciferol supplement.
- LifeSpan Nutrition
- The world's most advanced formulas, sells bio-tech Vitamin D3.
- Nature Made Multi Complete
- New multivitamin with 1,000 IU vitamin D3.
- UV-Breathable Laminated Glass
- Created by DuPont for "a living museum that will set new standards in terms of transparency—a very modern construction that will enable the plants and animals inside to really live and breathe."
- Vitamin D Lamp by Sperti
- The D/UV Lamp is intended for individuals who may not be able to receive either needed sunlight exposures or tolerate Vitamin D supplemented foods.
- Vitamin D UV Meter
- Solarmeter from Solartech, Inc. Designed for both outdoor solar measurement and indoor UVR appliance measurement.
Nutrition and Wellness
- Natural Health Librarian
- Investigative health reporting and scientifically valid remedies from respected author and radio personality, Bill Sardi.
- International Health News
- International Health News provides useful, authoritative online information about the latest research in health, nutrition and medicine.
- Mount Rainier Clinic
- Provides educational and public information on alternative and complementary therapies.
- National Institutes of Health
- US Department of Health and Human Services.
- The Weston A. Price Foundation
- Nonprofit, tax-exempt charity founded in 1999 to disseminate the research of nutrition pioneer Dr. Weston Price.
Suggested Reading
Free PDF Downloads (offsite)
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- Promoting Health and Preventing Illness with Vitamin D
- Endocrine Metabolic Medical Center, endocrinemetabolic.com.
- Vitamin D: Startling New Research Findings on an Old Bone Builder
- Susan E. Brown PhD CCN, director Osteoporosis Education Project, betterbones.com.
- Calcium and Vitamin D Really Don't Reduce Fractures? Take a Second Look
- Susan E. Brown, betterbones.com.
- Update on Vitamin D
- Position statement by the UK Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN), 2007
- Opinion of the Scientific Committee on Food on the Tolerable Upper Intake Level of Vitamin D
- European Commission Health and Consumer Protection Directorate-General, Scientific Committee on Food, europa.eu.int
- Effectiveness and Safety of Vitamin D in Relation to Bone Health
- Evidence report, August 2007. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), United States Department of Health and Human Services.
- Dietary Reference Intakes for Calcium, Phosphorus, Magnesium, Vitamin D, and Fluoride
- National Academies Press—Standing Committee on the Scientific Evaluation of Dietary Reference Intakes, FNB, IOM (free to read online in HTML format), nap.edu.
- Vitamin D Expert Panel Meeting on Infants and Breastfeeding Mothers
- CDC Report Oct. 2001, Atlanta, Georgia, (onsite).
Books
- You Don't Have To Be Afraid of Cancer Anymore
- Bill Sardi
- Into the Light, Tomorrow's Medicine Today
- William Campbell Douglass
- Light: Medicine of the Future: How We Can Use It to Heal Ourselves NOW
- Jacob Liberman
- Nutrition and Bone Health
- Forward by Robert Lindsay, edited by Michael F. Holick and Bess Dawson-Hughes
- Nutritional Aspects of Osteoporosis (Serono Symposia)
- Edited by Peter Burckhardt, Bess Dawson-Hughes, and Robert P. Heaney
- The Invisible Plague: The Rise of mental Illness from 1750 to the Present
- E.F. Torrey and J. Miller
- The Healing Sun: Sunlight and Health in the 21st Century
- Richard Hobday
- The UV Advantage: The Medical Breakthrough That Shows How to Harness the Power of the Sun for Your Health
- Michael F. Holick
- Vitamin D
- Francis H. Glorieux and J. Wesley Pike
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