Line One: Vitamin D

Mon, November 23, 2009
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How important is vitamin D to our health? How can those of us in Alaska be sure were are getting enough of this vitamin whose primary source is sunlight? This week on Line One: Your Health Connection, host Dr. Woodard interviews vitamin D authority Dr. Michael Holick, Monday afternoon at 2:00 pm repeating at 10:00 pm.

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Dr. Michael Holick, Professor of Medicine, Physiology and Biophysics at Boston University School of Medicine; authority on vitamin D

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LIVE BROADCAST: Monday, November 23, 2009 at 2:00 p.m.

REPEAT BROADCAST: Monday, November 23, 2009 at 8:00 p.m.

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5 Responses to “Line One: Vitamin D”

Marilyn on November 23, 2009 at 2:18 pm

Dr. Woodard, If this question hasn’t been asked… When you get a blood test for Vitamin D, what should your optimum level be?
Marilyn on November 23, 2009 at 2:22 pm

Also, because vitamin D is fat soluble, why can’t you get an overdose of it in your body?
Marilyn on November 23, 2009 at 2:24 pm

What is the very best way to obtain Vitamin D? Are there ways to avoid?
Marilyn on November 23, 2009 at 2:30 pm

Sorry to pepper you with questions, but I take a product called Viactiv for bone health. It has 500 units of Vitamin D per chew. It suggests that you chew two per day. Is this a good source of Vitamin D. Also, is there something that we might eat that prevents Vitamin D from being absorbed?
Frans Weits on November 23, 2009 at 11:28 pm

I appreciate the topic tonight as I agree most of us, especially Alaskans, do not realize how vitamin D deficient we are. I started taking supplements last winter and it has really improved my mood and overall health. I would like to add that “fortified” foods with vitamin d are not always the best practice. I have found that many fresh foods have traces of vitamin d, but we are still not getting enough form our diets. This is the one supplement we need. My kids readily take the liquid drops daily while my wife and I a pill once a week that contains 50,000 IU of vitamin d. Both can be found at Avante Medical Center on Northern Lights Blvd.