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Vitamin D, Dementia, and Parkinson Disease – A September to Remember

By Dr. James Dowd

Vitamin D plays an important role in the formation, function, and protection of the nervous system. Extremely low vitamin D levels are associated with depressed mood, chronic pain from osteomalacia, lower seizure thresholds, and dementia. In the September blog we present more observational data from … [Read more...]

Filed Under: James E Dowd, Nutrition, Recipes, The Vitamin D Cure, Vitamin D Tagged With: All Cause Mortality, Alzheimer's Disease, Cardiovascular, Coronary Heart Disease, Dementia, Detroit Free Press, Korea, lifestyle, Parkinson Disease, Prevention, Salad, William Books

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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Falling Leaves Means Falling Vitamin D

By Dr. James Dowd

When the leaves change colors the availability of ultraviolet light to make vitamin D (UVB) disappears till next spring. Your vitamin D level then begins to fall along with all the leaves on the deciduous trees. Ten weeks after peak fall colors your vitamin D level is about half what it was at the … [Read more...]

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Vitamin D and HIV/AIDS

By Dr. James Dowd

The Vitamin D Cure

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 follow the rules of The Vitamin D Cure send them to contact@thevitamindcure.com . Roasted Tomato and Vegetable Soup Yield: 8 servings (1 1/3 … [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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Happy Valentines Day!

By Dr. James Dowd

The Vitamin D Cure

Do something sexy for your special someone. Give them vitamin D. It will boost their mood, memory, muscle strength, and immune system while reducing their risk for high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity, heart disease, cancer, and death from all causes. Recipe of the Month Milanese-Style … [Read more...]

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Your Health is in the D-Tales

By Dr. James Dowd

The month of January should see some upgrades to the website allowing me to keep the information current. We have decided to streamline the information by consolidating the newsletter and the blog. The enhanced blog will now have a recipe of the month, vitamin D and health news, and commentary split … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Nutrition, Recipes, Vitamin D Tagged With: Breast Cancer, Cancer, Mediterranean Diet, New Year, Obesity, Prevention, Protein, weight loss

Diet and the “Anthropologic Rule of Thumb”

By Dr. James Dowd

Dietary recommendations seem to change year after year. The food industry sends us an endless stream of choices and provides reasons for why we should choose their products. They even invent new food categories and meal times. In an effort to simplify decision making and ignore the noise, we … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Nutrition, Vitamin D Tagged With: Atkin's Diet, Beef, Cancer, Carbohydrates, Cardiovascular, Colon Cancer, Corn, Diabetes, Diet, Fat, Insulin, Mediterranean Diet, Obesity, Prevention, Protein, Vegetarian Diet, weight loss

Stand Up 2 Cancer – The Solution

By Dr. James Dowd

I briefly watched the three network program aired on September 5th entitled Stand Up 2 Cancer. Hollywood sure knows how to put on a fundraiser, and raise money fast. All the money they raised goes to the Entertainment Industry Foundation. The EIF then grants money for research and education. Let’s … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Nutrition, Sun, UVB, Vitamin D Tagged With: ABC, African American, All Cause Mortality, Breast Cancer, Cancer, CBS, Colon Cancer, Death, Entertainment Industry Foundation, NBC, Prevention, Prostate Cancer, Stand Up 2 Cancer

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