Mercury is one of the most toxic heavy metals and exists in multiple forms including elemental mercury, inorganic mercury, and organic mercury. Potential health effects of mercury exposure depends on many factors including the...
Magnesium is a mineral essential for many functions within the body including blood pressure regulation, bone health, blood glucose control, and vitamin D activation. Magnesium deficiency is common world-wide and low magnesium levels have been...
There are many studies that have shown the connection between breast cancer and vitamin D, starting with the epiphany of the Garland Brothers when they first drove across the country in 1974, and then...
In our last post, we began the discussion about racial disparities in health, specifically that some of the same health problems that are more prevalent among blacks are also associated with vitamin D deficiency....
In a previous blog, we assessed the EPA+DHA intake requirement to achieve an Omega-3 Index of 8% or higher, the optimal level for health, and found that among participants who reported no fatty fish...
March is National Kidney Month and today, March 12, is World Kidney Day. In recognition, today’s blog focuses on a GrassrootsHealth analysis investigating whether there is an association between vitamin D levels and kidney...
In response to an upcoming publication by Trivedi et al., Dr. Carol Wagner, a member of the GrassrootsHealth Scientist Panel, writes a compelling summary of the current status of vitamin D deficiency among new...
Key Points Using the data provided for the GrassrootsHealth study from almost 3,000 participants with supplemental magnesium and vitamin K2 information, we plotted every participant’s supplemental vitamin D intake (dose) and blood level (response)...
Last year, GrassrootsHealth published a paper that assessed the EPA+DHA intake requirement to achieve an Omega-3 Index of 8% or higher, the optimal level for health, using YOUR omega-3 data. One piece of this...
Our last post covered a story about one of our employees whose 12 year old son recently had a vitamin D level of 18 ng/ml (what a surprise!); we also briefly looked at vitamin...