Further to my recent posts on how to determine your Vitamin D levels and how much is enough, I note today that The Endocrine Society has released a Clinical Practice Guideline on the evaluation, treatment, and prevention of vitamin D deficiency. The new guidelines, which are to assist clinicians in treating vitamin D deficiency, were …
HRT & Breast Cancer WHI Update
I see that the Women's Health Initiative (they who did the massive trial of HRT that led to the cancer concerns we now all know about, if you remember) have just reported an update after nearly 8 years of tracking the breast cancer risk from HRT use. Read a brief comment from WDDTY or a fuller summary …
Gwyneth Paltrow Vitamin D Deficiency
Despite following a famously super-healthy diet and lifestyle, Gwynnie has recently been diagnosed with Vitamin D deficiency and consequent low bone density, and this has served to highlight the deficiency epidemic we seem to be seeing at the moment. If she can have it, so can we. Vitamin D is not routinely checked and it …
Osteoporosis Drugs and Oesophagus Cancer
I see there is yet another news story out concerning osteoporosis drugs. I seem to be writing about this subject a lot recently. Here is my take on this new story that biophosphonate drugs (like alendronate/Fosamax)Â may double the risk of oesophageal cancer. You can read the original story from the Daily Telegraph here: Osteoporosis Doubles …
Can Calcium Cause Heart Attacks?
You may have seen this story in the media recently where a study suggests that calcium can cause heart attacks. I nearly fell off my seat and started to look into it. However, just as I was doing that, Dr Marilyn Glenville sent a message through, which pretty much say everything I was going to say! …
Magnesium Better For Bones?
Another Nutri report, this time showing research that suggests magnesium may be better for osteoporosis prevention after menopause than calcium (no surprise to me; I have always said many people have bone problems because they lack calcium's co-mineral magnesium rather than being deficient in calcium itself.) Here's the report for you. Note that one of …
Why Milk Is Linked To Hormones, Belly Fat and Acne
Today, I got a reminder about just why dairy doesn't help with so many conditions. Milk contains 'insulin growth factor-1' or IGF-1 which regulates cell growth and development. There is lots of IGF-1 in cow's milk so that calves can grow fast. But what about us? No-one really knows what the effects of having all this extra …
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