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Higher magnesium intake may lower risk of colon cancer
13 August 2012
Meta-analysis: Increasing your daily dietary intake of magnesium may reduce your risk of colorectal cancer.
06 March 2015
A new study reports that a low blood vitamin D concentration is common among 6-year-old children in The Netherlands, especially in winter and spring.
The observational study measured the serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] concentrations in 4,167 children aged six years (1). The study results showed that 6.2% of the children were severely deficient in vitamin D (below 25 nmol/L), 23.6% were deficient (25 to below 50 nmol/L), while 36.5% had sufficient (50 to below 75 nmol/L) and 33.7% had optimal (75 nmol/L or higher) 25(OH)D concentrations. The prevalence of vitamin D deficiency (below 50 nmol/L) was higher in winter (51.3%) than in summer (10.3%); and higher in African, Asian, Turkish, and Moroccan children (54.5%) than in those with a Dutch or other Western ethnic background (17.6%).
The researchers noted that several factors were associated with vitamin D deficiency, including lower household income, more television watching and playing less outside. In a subgroup with dietary data, vitamin D deficiency was associated with a lower diet quality. Supplementation or lifestyle changes are important to prevent vitamin D deficiency in children, potentially affecting later health, they said.
13 August 2012
Meta-analysis: Increasing your daily dietary intake of magnesium may reduce your risk of colorectal cancer.
1 July 2012
A new review of national dietary surveys shows that vitamin intakes below recommended levels arecommon in representative Western populations in countries such as Germany, the UK, the Netherlands, and the USA.
11 November 2011
A new Austrian study indicates that significant portions of the elderly population are at a high risk of lacking vitamins, especially D and K, and several B vitamins.