Vitamins and Supplements

Is High Dose Vitamin D3 Effective? A study in 2019 stated that it used “high doses” of vitamin D3 and the vitamin failed to perform any better than the placebo are regards to reducing cancer and heart disease incidence. When a nutrient or food has a long-established track record, always looks a little deeper when […]

Video: Vitamin D3 and Early Death Dr. Vikki Petersen discusses the importance of vitamin D3, highlighting its role as a steroid hormone that regulates over 1,000 genes. She explains that factors such as age, skin color, and latitude affect the body’s ability to convert sunlight into vitamin D. Polymorphisms can also hinder this conversion, increasing […]

Video: Fight Viruses with Vitamin C Dr. Vikki Petersen discusses boosting the immune system to fight viruses like coronavirus, which attack the lungs. She highlights a historical study that showed an 80% decrease in deaths from respiratory diseases with minimal doses of vitamin C. She recommends taking 500 mg of vitamin C daily, increasing if […]

Does vitamin D cause high calcium levels? A recent news agency reported that taking vitamin D3 could cause dangerous levels of calcium in your blood. Called hypercalcemia, such excess is associated with confusion, dysregulated heart rhythm, kidney stones, and more. It is true that hypercalcemia can cause such symptoms. But is it true that vitamin […]