Lower Vitamin D Levels in African Americans May Up Heart Disease Risks
New research suggests that low blood levels of vitamin D may increase a person’s risk of heart disease and stroke, among other serious illnesses such as diabetes, peripheral artery disease, high blood pressure, cancer and kidney disease [1]. Vitamin D is found very rarely in unfortified food, and is mostly produced in the body when sunlight interacts with skin cells. This is particularly concerning for people of color, because the darker the skin the less vitamin D that is produced in the body.
This lower level of production of vitamin D usually is not a problem when people of color are exposed to high levels of sunlight (at low latitudes or near the equator), but ...
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2009 Was Fine but 2010 is the Year of New Beginnings?
Each year around this time, most of us reflect over our lives and plan to do things different in the new year; although our hopes and intentions are sincere, we often fall short of our goals due to old habits and no definite plans.
There is a saying...
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