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More evidence links higher vitamin D levels with a reduced risk of death

Monday, September 28th, 2009

Earlier this month I blogged about a study which found that supplementing elderly individuals with vitamin D was found to enhance their muscle strength. This has at least some relevance because as people age, they can tend to go out less, and therefore be a particular risk for vitamin D deficiency. Vitamin D deficiency is [...]

Fructose found to rapidly raise blood pressure and induce metabolic syndrome in men

Friday, September 25th, 2009

Last month, one of my blogs focused on a paper from the American Heart Association which warned of the hazards of eating sugar on cardiovascular health. It put at least some focus on the sugar fructose, which makes up half of table sugar (sucrose), as well as being found in fruit and vegetables, honey and [...]