Author: Murray, Frank

Vitamin D - from the sun, from our diet, and from dietary supplements - keeps an astonishing range of chronic and life-threatening diseases at bay. These include osteoporosis and osteoarthritis, cancer of the breast, prostate and colon, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, asthma, cystic fibrosis, Crohn's disease, rickets, cardiovascular disease and more. This book spotlights the latest research into the much-exaggerated dangers of sunshine, the benefits of vitamin D, and how much sun exposure and - or vitamin D supplementation is needed by people of all skin types. 256 pp.