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October 31, 2011
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August 5, 2011
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June 28, 2011
Study finds no adverse effects of vitamin D supplements in pregnant women, newborns
June 7, 2011
Canadian Medical Associations Announce Support of Vitamin D Scientists'
June 6, 2011
Endocrine Society Announces New Clinical Practice Guidelines for Vitamin D
February 21, 2011
Higher Vitamin D Intake Needed to Reduce Cancer Risk
December 16, 2010
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December 3, 2010
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November 30, 2010
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November 30, 2010
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August 23, 2010
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April 30, 2010
Researchers Recommend Pregnant Women Take 4,000 IU Vitamin D a Day
April 1, 2010
GrassrootsHealth Launches Worldwide Call to Action on Vitamin D
December 7, 2009
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November 4, 2009
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October 10, 2009
Vitamin D May Cut Premature Birth Risk...
October 5, 2009
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May 25, 2009
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May 22, 2009
New model suggests role of low vitamin D in cancer development
May 22, 2009
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May 5, 2009
Vitamin D Levels Linked to Breast-Cancer Prognosis
April 30, 2009
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April 9, 2009
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March 27, 2009
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February 1, 2009
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November 13, 2008
Vitamin D Expert at UC Riverside Leads UC Scientists' Call Recommending Increase in Daily Vitamin D Intake
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Vitamin D Expert at UC Riverside
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AMA Requests DRI Review by Food and Nutrition Board

To All Readers,

The IOM (Institute of Medicine) report on the Dietary Reference Intakes for Vitamin D and Calcium has just been published.

Their recommendations are below our expectations, specifically, 600 IU/day with an upper limit of 4000 IU/day. The statement was that the only disease they could truly comment on was that of bone health. It should be noted that they were very limited in the types of evidence they considered. The focus was on 'randomized clinical trials' and they set aside many studies that did not fit their narrow definition of evidence.

The GrassrootsHealth Scientists Panel of 41 expert vitamin D researchers and medical practitioners maintain their position based on the evidence that they see that the serum level should be between 40-60 ng/ml (100-150 nmol/L).

We will be posting many quotes from our Vitamin D Expert Scientists on our website, www.grassrootshealth.net/iomquotes during the next few days and you can login and see the latest!

From Dr. Robert Heaney:
"There is an impressive body of scientific evidence supporting levels higher than the IOM panel is currently recommending, and for reasons that are not entirely clear, the panel has discounted that evidence. The public needs to know that that evidence exists so that they can make up their own minds. It's helpful in making those decisions, to know that intakes higher than the IOM recommends are safe. For me, that makes the decision easy. Even if the evidence for a higher intake were uncertain (and I don't believe it is), intakes 2-5 times the IOM recommendations would carry a good chance for benefit at essentially no cost and no risk.

I believe that the presumption of adequacy should rest with vitamin D intakes needed to achieve the serum 25(OH)D values (i.e., 40-60 ng/mL) that prevailed during the evolution of human physiology" Robert P. Heaney, MD, John A. Creighton University Professor, Creighton University.

Thanks again for your participation in the GrassrootsHealth D*action project. This unprecedented grassroots public health movement is changing the health of the world. Thanks for playing such an essential part!

Sunnily yours,
Carole

Carole A Baggerly
Director
GrassrootsHealth
A Public Health Promotion Organization
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