Thursday, November 25, 2010

Very interesting article on Gwyneth Paltrow's website

Check it out, Vitamin D Deficiency
http://goop.com/newsletter/88/en/

I suffered a pretty severe Tibial plateau fracture a few years ago (requiring surgery) which lead the orthopaedic surgeon to give me a bone scan, at which point it was discovered I had the beginning stages of osteopenia. This led my western/eastern doctors in New York to test my Vitamin D levels, which turned out to be the lowest they had ever seen (not a good thing). I went on a prescription strength level of Vitamin D and was told to…spend a bit of time in the sun! I was curious if this was safe, having been told for years to stay away ...
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http://goop.com/newsletter/88/en/