Author Archives: Alan L. Rubin, MD

With all this interest in vitamin D, you want to be sure that you have enough in your blood. If not, you want to make sure that you build up your level to the right amount. So what is the right amount? Continue reading →

Lately it seems as though every other article in newspapers and magazines describes a new benefit for vitamin D. Could any substance in your body really be so critical? What is the truth and what is a myth? Continue reading →

Osteoporosis is the gradual loss of bone that occurs in both women and men as they get older, but accelerates in women once they reach the menopause, the time when periods are lost. Vitamin D has a very important role in the building up and preservation of bone. Continue reading →

One of the fears that people who need supplements of vitamin D describe is the danger of a vitamin D overdose. Continue reading →

The sun is accused of causing skin cancer, wrinkles and even malignant melanoma. The sun provides us with vitamin D, essential to our body. Continue reading →

The foods that contain the most vitamin D, like cod liver oil and wild salmon, just don’t have enough to get you up to those levels unless you are a baby or a toddler. Continue reading →