Vitamin D for Dummies

by Alan L. Rubin

Your plain-English guide to the many benefits of Vitamin DVitamin D is in the news every day, as new tests and studies reveal encouraging information about its power in maintaining good health and preventing major illnesses. No longer thought to just play a role in calcium intake and bone growth, Vitamin D has a host of other functions in the body, playing a role in prevention of serious diseases, including cancer, diabetes, and heart disease, as well as boosting immunity, improving athletic performance, losing weight, and more.

This hands-on, plain-English guide is perfect for anyone looking for helpful advice and information on the "nutrient of the decade."Coverage of how Vitamin D works, and how much is needed for disease preventionHow and where to get sufficient amounts of the right kind of Vitamin D - from both your diet and nutritional supplementsThe best ways to maintain healthy levels of Vitamin D

If you're looking to learn more about the many benefits Vitamin D can have on you and your family, you'll find everything you need right here.

Genres: Health, Medicine

288 pages, Paperback

First published May 12, 2011

Reviews

[Doris]

Excellent reading in this plain-English guide to the ways that Vitamin D benefits humans. It also includes warnings that not all supposed benefits are proven, and the ways that too much could hurt.