Our bodies primarily rely on sunlight to produce vitamin D.
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Excessive exposure causes skin cancer, but sun exposure also has benefits. How do you balance the two?
A cup of coffee might help you kick-start your day, but it may actually make painful periods worse. Here’s what else to avoid (and eat) if you have period pain.
In the UK, it’s recommended people aim to get at least 400IU of vitamin D a day.
Here’s when low vitamin D is a potential concern and when you might need to get your levels tested.
Dr Joe Dituri is hoping to set a world record during his experiment.
Day to day, sunshine might not affect our mood – but light and dark seasons do.
There’s a common perception that supplements are harmless. But they can be dangerous at incorrect dosages.
Plant-based diets may lack a number of important nutrients, such as vitamin B12 and iodine.
Sales of vitamins are booming in pandemic times. But is there any evidence that vitamin and mineral supplements can protect you from COVID or help you recover from infection?
Very few studies support vitamin D2 supplementation being superior to vitamin D3.
Winter vitamin D supplementation may reduce the burden of common cold
As winter approaches, every family has a favourite cold remedy, but experts say few work.
While there are plausible explanations for why this occurs, we can’t be certain of the effect of temperature on SARS-CoV-2. Being indoors in poorly ventilated spaces plays a big role.
Going out in the cold won’t necessarily lead to you getting a cold. But cold weather in general is more hospitable to viruses, so it’s wise to take steps to keep your immune system strong.
Fortifying essential food with sensible amounts of vitamin D is a cheap intervention that will have a small but important benefit.
As we are now approaching a long, dark, socially-isolated winter in the UK, adequate vitamin D supplementation has never been more important.
A light invisible to humans makes chemicals in our skin very excited. In fact, the chemicals become so excited they change shape and become vitamin D.
There is a relationship between vitamin D and COVID-19, but taking too many supplements can be toxic.
Early research has pointed to a link between severe illness with COVID-19 and vitamin D deficiency. But there’s more to the story.
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Professor of Epidemiology, Australian National University
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Professor of Nutritional and Genetic Epidemiology, Adelaide University
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Professor of Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London
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Professor of Nursing, Purdue University
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Professor of Respiratory Infection and Immunity, Queen Mary University of London
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Professor and Senior Group Leader, QIMR Berghofer
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Professor of Biochemistry, University of Aberdeen
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Dermatology Research Centre, The University of Queensland
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Adjunct Professor, School of Psychology, Curtin University and College of Health and Medicine, Australian National University
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Professor; NHMRC Clinical Research Fellow; NICM Health Research Institute Deputy Director, Western Sydney University
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Head, Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Sciences; Professor of Medicine, Monash University
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Associate Professor in Biology and Biomedical Science, Aston University
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Lecturer, The University of Western Australia
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Professor, ARC Future Fellow & Founding Director, Sir Ian Potter NanoBioSensing Facility, RMIT University
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Senior Research Fellow, Primary Health Care/Cochrane Airways Australia Coordinator, University of Tasmania