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. …Maybe it is not so much the Mediterranean Diet that is preventative for heart disease but the sunshine … Eur J Epidemiol. 2008;23(9):609-14. Epub 2008 Aug 14. Incident solar radiation and coronary heart disease mortality rates in Europe. Wong A. Xymega Corporation, Post Office Box 34173, Vancouver, Canada V6J 4N1. xymega@xymega.com Comment in: * [...]
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Am J Med Sci. 2009 Jul;338(1):40-4. Vitamin D deficiency and risk for cardiovascular disease. Judd SE, Tangpricha V. Department of Biostatistics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA. Abstract Vitamin D is an important prohormone for optimal intestinal calcium absorption for mineralization of bone. Because the vitamin D receptor is present in multiple tissues, [...]
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J Photochem Photobiol B. 2010 Nov 3;101(2):124-9. Epub 2010 Jan 22. Sun, vitamin D, and cardiovascular disease. Zittermann A, Gummert JF. Clinic for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Center North Rhine-Westphalia, Ruhr University Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany. azittermann@hdz-nrw.de Abstract Globally, cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the number one cause of death, being responsible for approximately 30% [...]
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Curr Opin Investig Drugs. 2010 Mar;11(3):309-14. Vitamin D deficiency and cardiovascular disease: Is there a role for vitamin D therapy in heart failure? Lee W, Kang PM. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Cardiovascular Division, 3 Blackfan Circle, Room 910, Boston, MA 02215, USA. Abstract Accumulating evidence suggests that vitamin D deficiency is associated with cardiovascular [...]
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Mol Nutr Food Res. 2010 Aug;54(8):1103-13. Vitamin D deficiency and myocardial diseases. Pilz S, Tomaschitz A, Drechsler C, Dekker JM, März W. Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Nuclear Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria. stefan.pilz@chello.at Abstract Vitamin D deficiency is common among patients with myocardial diseases because sun-induced vitamin D production [...]
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LE Magazine September 2007 Vitamin D’s Crucial Role in Cardiovascular Protection By William Davis, MD Vitamin D: Essential for Heart Health Abundant evidence now points to the numerous cardioprotective functions of vitamin D. Restoring vitamin D to normal levels has been found to help reduce inflammation, normalize blood pressure, and improve insulin sensitivity—all factors that [...]
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The case against ergocalciferol (vitamin D2) as a vitamin supplement American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol. 84, No. 4, 694-697, October 2006 Supplemental vitamin D is available in 2 distinct forms: ergocalciferol (vitamin D2) and cholecalciferol (vitamin D3). Pharmacopoeias have officially regarded these 2 forms as equivalent and interchangeable, yet this presumption of equivalence is [...]
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