Tag: Vitamin D

TWIW 158: Low Vitamin D linked to dementia

This Week In Wellness following on from last week’s research showing a link between socialising and dementia now a University of South Australia study has shown a direct link between vitamin D deficiency and dementia. https://www.unisa.edu.au/media-centre/Releases/2022/vitamin-d-deficiency-leads-to-dementia/ https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ajcn/nqac107/6572356?login=true https://fb.me/e/3rHPv1muK

TWIW 142: Vitamin D may massively reduce Covid risk

This Week In Wellness as Israel deals with it’s 5th wave of Corona virus despite some of the highest vaccination and booster rates in the world a new study on Vitamin D supplementation in that country is showing a lot of promise. Described as “some of the most convincing evidence to date” Researchers from Bar… Continue reading TWIW 142: Vitamin D may massively reduce Covid risk

WWR 204: The Role of Vitamin D in Women’s Health

Is sunshine the best medicine for women? Did you know that vitamin D is not only an essential nutrient but also a hormone? It is also critical for women’s health as it influences fertility, reproduction and thyroid function, increases insulin sensitivity, supports the immune system, controls hormonal secretions, aids with magnesium absorption and also impacts… Continue reading WWR 204: The Role of Vitamin D in Women’s Health

TWIW 97: Outdoor work lowers risk of breast cancer

This Week In Wellness working outside has been shown to lower the risk of breast cancer for Danish women over the age of 50 by new research in the journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. Whilst previous research has indicated that vitamin D levels in the blood were linked to reduced levels of breast cancers… Continue reading TWIW 97: Outdoor work lowers risk of breast cancer

TWIW 93: 2.5 million Britons get free Vit. D

This Week In Wellness 2.5 million care home residents in England will be offered a free supply of vitamin D by the Government as researchers investigate whether there is a link between Vitamin D levels and risk or severity of acute respiratory infections, including Covid-19. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/nov/28/more-than-25m-people-in-england-to-get-free-vitamin-d-supply Get personally mentored by me for 30 days for… Continue reading TWIW 93: 2.5 million Britons get free Vit. D

TWIW 67: Can vitamin D prevent allergies?

This Week In Wellness Australian researchers are investigating whether vitamin D could be the answer to our country’s “allergy epidemic”. With one in 10 infants and one in 20 children in Australia already suffering from food-related allergies, and with the rates seemingly on the rise, researchers from the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute are hoping that… Continue reading TWIW 67: Can vitamin D prevent allergies?

TWIW 46: Popular sunscreens leading to toxicity

This Week In Wellness sunscreen lotions and sprays may leach up to 360 times more of one chemical alone than the FDA allows, whilst the other 5 chemicals tested also gathered in the blood in levels higher than the recommended amount even days after application. Strangely the FDA and American Academy of Dermatology stresses the… Continue reading TWIW 46: Popular sunscreens leading to toxicity

HBH 36: Supplements & Nutritional Supports with Peter Mullen

As we become more interested in a whole body, whole child approach to autism, it becomes important to look at what is happening at a biological level. Good food is good for everyone, we know that. But what kinds of nutritional supplementation may be beneficial for kids on the autism spectrum? What kinds of dietary… Continue reading HBH 36: Supplements & Nutritional Supports with Peter Mullen

HSW 40: Shift Work and Your Immune System.

It’s currently winter here in Australia, and many of my clients are showing signs of being struck down by various things like colds and flu so today’s episode is going to be all about that – your immune system, and how shift work, or more specifically sleep deprivation impairs its ability to function as it… Continue reading HSW 40: Shift Work and Your Immune System.

VH28: Vitamin D

In this episode the Vitality Hackers tell you everything you need to know about Vitamin D. What is it? What does it do? Why are we deficient? 0:00 Intro. 8:00 How do we form it? 10:14 How can we supplement it? 12:00 Who’s at risk of deficiency? 15:20 What does it do? 18:30 What helps… Continue reading VH28: Vitamin D