Guest guest Posted June 22, 2009 Report Share Posted June 22, 2009 info - vitamin D - One very important step that you can take towards improving your own health is to ask your physician for a vitamin D test. The test is called a 25 hydroxy(OH)2 D blood test. For the purpose of nutritional assessment of vitamin D status, make sure you request the 25(OH)2 D test, not the 1,25(OH)2 D test. Dr. Holick, an eminent international vitamin D researcher recommends that lab reference ranges for vitamin D blood tests be raised. He has suggested an " optimal " healthy range of 25 (OH)2 D at 45-50 ng/ml. Most labs currently use a range of 20-56 ng/ml as " normal " . According to Holick, " Any levels below 20 ng/ml are considered deficiency states and will increase your risk of breast and prostate cancer and automimmune diseases like MS and rheumatoid arthritis " . http://www.naturalnews.com/022523_Vitamin_D_cancer_health.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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