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Vitamin D

Color of you skin makes a difference in how much Vitamin D you get

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Doctors have been aware of the importance of Vitamin D for a few years now. The vitamin, which is more like a hormone that other vitamin, is partly responsible for a whole host of bodily functions, including regulating just how happy you are. But it turns out that it’s a lot harder for black Americans to generate Vitamin D.

Skin color and vitamin D

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Skin Color and Vitamin D

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Skin Color and Vitamin D

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Health Note/Vitamin E & Prostate Cancer

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Living On Earth’s Diane Toomey reports on a new study that shows that high levels of Vitamin C may protect against stroke.

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The Sun is Out. Are Your Kids?

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Two new studies show that kids are not getting enough sun. This leads to disturbingly low levels of vitamin D, which increases the risk for bone problems, heart disease, and diabetes. The Takeaway talks to Michal Melamed, who conducted one of the studies.

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No dose of sunshine: Growing number of Americans are Vitamin D deficient

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A new report in the Archives of Internal Medicine shows that between 1994 and 2004, the number of Americans with Vitamin D deficiency rose. And a lack of the vitamin isn’t just tied to rickets anymore, but to cancer, heart disease and infections.

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