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UV Index

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UV Index

The sun is a powerful force of energy that is constantly releasing UV radiation, and if not minded can cause unexpected health concerns such as skin cancer, premature aging, cataracts, immune system suppression, and more. A UV index is a great tool to help people living anywhere around the country … [Read more...]

Filed Under: General News, Sun, Sunscreen, UVA, UVB, Vitamin D Tagged With: UV Index

New Vitamin D Recommendations Miss the Mark

By Dr. James Dowd

The Vitamin D Cure

The Institute of Medicine released its updated recommended daily intakes of calcium and vitamin D on November 30th. In summary they INCREASED the required vitamin D intake, DECREASED the required calcium intake, and RAISED the maximum safe intake of vitamin D. There recommendations are complicated … [Read more...]

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How much sunshine should I get to make enough Vitamin D?

By Dr. James Dowd

The Vitamin D Cure is a breakthrough self-help book that takes the most recent scientific ideas and provides a practical program to promote the reader’s health. Here is some of what the Vitamin D Cure provides: • Explains how vitamin D works in health and how deficiency causes disease. • … [Read more...]

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The Vitamin D Cure is Healthcare Reform

By Dr. James Dowd

The Vitamin D Cure

July 2009 Just a comment on health policy: There is no better time than now to write your congress persons about healthcare reform. The key word is healthcare, note; it does not say health insurance reform. Giving more money in the form of premiums to health insurance companies does not make … [Read more...]

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Sweet Summer Sun Heal Me

By Dr. James Dowd

The Vitamin D Cure

The Vitamin D Cure is now available in paperback! Now your healthy new lifestyle manual will cost you even less. It’s a great gift idea as well. Recipe of the Month Remember our recipes are courtesy of Chef Kelly (kellychez@gmail.com). If you have recipes you would like to share or convert to … [Read more...]

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The Vitamin D Season Begins with Spring Blossoms

By Dr. James Dowd

The Vitamin D Cure

Remember the type of suns rays that are necessary for vitamin D production (UVB) are only available between spring blossoms and fall colors. This season is long in the Southern United States but here in Michigan late April to May marks the beginning of the vitamin D season. Allergies come with … [Read more...]

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Winter Solstice, Christmas, and The New Year

By Dr. James Dowd

Vitamin D production requires ultraviolet B spectrum light (280-315 nm wavelength). Cholesterol from our diet and that produced in our liver is modified then transported to the skin where it is stereochemically altered by UVB light and heat, returned to the liver and further modified to 25-hydroxy … [Read more...]

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Lose 2 Sizes in 2 Months to Wear that 2 Piece

By Dr. James Dowd

Will you fit into that swimsuit this summer? How can you lose 20 pounds in two months? How committed are you to the changes necessary to not just reshape your body but reshape your health? These are some critical questions for many women this time of year. Let’s see if we can’t simplify the equation … [Read more...]

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