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 …
Importance of Magnesium
When I trained, one of the most important differences in my nutritional learning to other types was the levels of magnesium and calcium in the body. In most cases, nutritionists will give you a ratio of 2:1 calcium to magnesium BUT the truth is that most people have far too little magnesium and far too …
Vitamin D – How Much Do You Need?
Do you remember a year ago (March 4th to be precise), I told you I had started a trial of Vitamin D to stop myself getting colds and infections? Well, I was prompted to think about it today by a piece in our beloved Foods Matter from John Scott who was writing about the latest …
Trouble Taking #Supplements?
I have recently written a piece for Foodsmatter.com about the importance for some people of finding grain-, and especially, corn-free supplements. This is primarily aimed at my trulyglutenfree patients who have to avoid both, but just as I published it, I had two emails come through from new people, both asking why certain supplements might make them …
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 …
Are You A Bit Short?
Well, yes, actually since I'm only 5ft and not very much, but that's not quite what I mean here. Dietician Dr. Carrie Ruxton and researcher Dr. Emma Derbyshire of Manchester Metropolitan University have just completed a review of over 100 separate papers for the journal Nutrition Bulletin.  They found women and girls especially worryingly short of the nutrients …