ANTARCTIC RESEARCHERS RISK BONE LOSS (Health & Medical News, 19/7/06) Scientific researchers spending winter in Antarctica might be at increased risk of osteoporosis unless they take vitamin D supplements, new research suggests.
http://abc.net.au/science/news/healt...sh_1690741.htm
Why do we get more colds in Winter?
Is it because of less vitamin D (less sunlight=less vitamin D?)
Vitamin D, Linus Pauling Institute - 23 Jul
Vitamin D in the form of 1,25(OH)2D is a potent immune system modulator. The VDR is expressed by most cells of the immune system, including T cells and ...
lpi.oregonstate.edu/infocenter/vitamins/vitaminD/ - 57k
