Category Archives: Cholecalciferol

Vitamin D With Calcium: Blood Glucose Regulation

Posted on March 10, 2016 by Robert Barrington

The traditional viewpoint is that vitamin D and calcium are required for correct bone formation. Until recently little attention was paid to either calcium or vitamin outside of this role. However, growing evidence in the nutritional literature has challenged this … Continue reading →

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Vitamin D From Sunbeds

Posted on October 4, 2015 by Robert Barrington
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Are the Obese At Increased Risk of Vitamin D Deficiency

Posted on July 24, 2015 by Robert Barrington

The traditional role of vitamin D is considered to that of maintaining bone homeostasis. However, more recently, vitamin D has been shown to be involved in a far wider range of physiological roles including maintaining insulin homeostasis, cancer prevention and … Continue reading →

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Do Vitamin D Levels Continue Rise in The Autumn?

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Robert Barrington

Vitamin D is actually a hormone and not a vitamin. Vitamin D is synthesised in the skin of humans in a reaction catalysed by ultraviolet light. The first step in the synthesis of vitamin D is the conversion of hepatically … Continue reading →

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Vitamin D Fortified Foods: Are They Ethical?

Posted on April 7, 2015 by Robert Barrington

Vitamin D insufficiency is increasingly being recognised as a common health concern amongst high latitude Western populations. Vitamin D is produced in the skin via the action of ultraviolet light on cholesterol, but the absence or avoidance of sun exposure … Continue reading →

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When is A Vitamin Not A Vitamin?

Posted on March 1, 2015 by Robert Barrington

Vitamins are essential organic compounds needed in small amounts for normal metabolic regulation, usually as cofactors to enzymes. They are characterised in their own group because they cannot be synthesised in the body and so must be obtained from the … Continue reading →

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Vitamin D And The Risk of Infection

Posted on February 18, 2015 by Robert Barrington

The traditional view of vitamin D was that is was required for the prevention of the bone disorders osteomalacia and rickets, in adults and children, respectively. However, recent research has expanded this narrow range of functions for vitamin D. The … Continue reading →

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Vitamin D In Human Milk

Posted on January 30, 2015 by Robert Barrington

Traditionally vitamin D has been viewed as an essential nutrient necessary only for correct calcium metabolism. This is reflected in the classic vitamin D deficiency diseases of the bones including osteomalacia and rickets in adults and children, respectively. However, more … Continue reading →

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More On Ergocalciferol Versus Cholecalciferol

Posted on January 17, 2015 by Robert Barrington

Dietary vitamin D is available in two forms. Ergocalciferol (vitamin D2) is the form of vitamin D found in plant tissues and cholecalciferol (vitamin D3) is the form found in animal tissues. Both are available as supplements, and ergocalciferol is … Continue reading →

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Cholecalciferol Versus Ergocalciferol

Posted on September 11, 2014 by Robert Barrington
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