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Most Americans Lack Adequate Levels Of Vitamin D, Study Finds

July 20, 2009: 10:18 AM EST
Examining data on nearly 19,000 Americans compiled from a federal health statistics database, university researchers found that a vast majority had inadequate levels of Vitamin D in their blood. Children with insufficient Vitamin D are at risk of rickets, while deficient adults are at risk of broken bones and osteoporosis. The vitamin is produced by the body upon exposure to sunlight. According to the study, the ethnic groups with the greatest deficiencies were Hispanics (90 percent) and blacks (97 percent). Seventy percent of whites have inadequate levels of Vitamin D in their blood.
David Gutierrez, "Vitamin D Crisis Unfolds as Americans Live Indoors: 97 Percent of African Americans Deficient", Natural News, July 20, 2009, © Natural News Network
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