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The vitamin D status of many Canadians is insufficient
17 June 2011
One quarter of Canadians are not meeting recommended intakes for vitamin D despite fortified foods, says a new study.
04 July 2011
Dietary supplements of calcium and vitamin D may increase the risk of developing urinary tract stones, according to a new US study.
In the randomized controlled trial, data from 36,282 postmenopausal women receiving either 400 IU of vitamin D and 1,000 milligrams of calcium carbonate per day or a placebo for an average of seven years were analyzed (1). At the end of the study period, the researchers reported that calcium plus vitamin D supplements were associated with a 17 percent increase in the incidence of urinary tract stones, compared with the placebo.
However, experts commented that the public health benefit of preventing bone fractures by supplementing vitamin D plus calcium would outweigh the potential risk of developing kidney stones.
17 June 2011
One quarter of Canadians are not meeting recommended intakes for vitamin D despite fortified foods, says a new study.
18 March 2013
According to a new study, more than half of six to twelve-year-olds in Germany are not receiving the recommended intake of iodine.
1 February 2016
Professor Kathryn Dewey of the Nutrition Department of the University of California, Davis, was the principal investigator of a cluster-randomized controlled effectiveness trial in Bangladesh which demonstrated that a small, lipid-based micronutrient supplement could help reduce stunting in newborn babies.