FDA Report Confirms Importance of Vitamin D in Preventing Chronic Disease.

The Food and Drug Administration's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition’s review of recent actions to increase public awareness of the health importance of vitamin D and strategies to increase its intake was reported in the most recent Journal of Nutrition (136:1135-9, 2006). Their review concluded that efforts to increase vitamin D intake will depend on fortifying the food supply and developing individual supplementation protocols for supplements or controlled use of UV light exposure to maintain optimal serum levels of vitamin D.

In North America, there is increasing public health awareness of the importance of adequate vitamin D intake to maintain optimal vitamin D status and overall health. An adequate serum level based on higher levels of dietary intake have now been associated with significantly reduced risk of chronic diseases, such as osteoporosis, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and some cancers. All of these diseases are more prevalent in the elderly of all races, and some are more prevalent and of greater severity among blacks than whites. Clinicians and educators are encouraged to promote vitamin D intake and status, particularly among high-risk groups. Growing evidence supports a low risk of toxicity with vitamin D use in fortification or supplementation, despite its past reputation of potential toxicity in excess. The cost to fortify food or supplements with vitamin D is relatively inexpensive compared with drugs used to treat or prevent chronic diseases, not to mention the significant benefit to quality of life by preventing and reducing incidence of chronic diseases.

Bio-Design Vitamin D3 5000 provides Vitamin D3, or cholecalciferol, the natural form of vitamin D, from fish liver oil. Take Bio-Design Vitamin D3 5000 as a dietary supplement, one capsule daily. Consider reducing supplementation during times of abundant sun exposure.