Essential Nutrient - Why vitamin D deficiency may be a hidden epidemic. By Schaffer

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For the longest time, most people believed with the fortification of milk,

instituted in the U.S. in the 1930s, and casual exposure to sunshine, they

received all the vitamin D they needed. But a small resurgence of rickets in

the last few years, particularly among African-American children, caught the

health-care community off guard. The article also discussed the various

diseases vitamin D can guard against, including various cancers, multiple

sclerosis, Type 1 diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis.

http://slate.msn.com/id/2105560/

Oliver Gillie, former science writer for the Sunday Times, has recently

written a an extensive piece on the epidemic of vitamin D deficiency.

http://www.healthresearchforum.org.uk/sunlight.html

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