Quotes about Vitamin

It's very difficult for most people to meet their vitamin D requirements through diet alone. Most people, in fact, need a supplement in order to meet their adequate levels. Fortified cow's milk, fortified soy milk and fortified orange juice are all good sources. But again, without a supplement, it's very difficult to hit optimum levels.

Andrea Miller

Buying fruit or vegetables that are in season is cheaper, as is buying loose produce. Frozen peas contain more vitamin C than some fresh vegetables. Tinned fruit in natural juice and vegetables, concentrated fruit juice and dried fruit contribute to your five daily portions, too. And they last longer.

Claire Williamson

You may be able to get enough calcium and Vitamin D through the foods you eat.

Marcia Stefanick

Never buy a a skin cream that's not loaded with great potent stable antioxidents like vitamin C.

Paula Begoun

With the widespread marketing of calcium and vitamin D, many women believe that they are completely protected against the development of osteoporosis if they are taking these supplements.

Joel Finkelstein

For example, breast cancer will strike one in eight American women in their lifetime. Early detection using mammography reduces mortality rates by approximately 20 percent. But use of vitamin D might prevent this cancer in the first place.

Cedric F. Garland

It's fairly arrogant to think you can stop a disease that takes 10 to 20 years to develop in seven years. We showed a strong relationship between serum vitamin D and colorectal cancer, and that may someday lead to more effective interventions.

Andrea Lacroix

The difference between the lowest and highest quintile of vitamin D levels [on the lung function tests] was 4 percent for both FEV1 and for FVC. This sounds small, but the changes seen in this study are large compared with most environmental factors that affect lung function.

Peter Black

What has been demonstrated by this trial is that vitamin B-6 and folic acid are not helpful in preventing heart disease. The key message for people taking vitamins is to be careful -- you can overdo what you thought was beneficial.

Timothy Gardner

Fresh fruits are so untainted. We don't process them, cook them or package them. There are some fruits out there that are packed with natural energy that kids like, like kiwi fruit, ... Kiwis are part of the super fruit category. One kiwi has all the vitamin C you need for the day.

Robert Stanley

Many people are deficient in vitamin D. A glass of milk, for example, has only 100 IU. Other foods, such as orange juice, yogurt and cheese, are now beginning to be fortified, but you have to work fairly hard to reach 1,000 IU a day.

Cedric F. Garland

Low levels of this vitamin can result in a flagging sex drive and reduced fertility.

Ian Marber

I think basically the issue has been (that) vitamin-D researchers and skin cancer researchers haven't been speaking to each other very much.

Richard Gallagher

We're still vulnerable when we're not consuming that vitamin-rich diet. I think we're seeing it today in neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's. If you take away the fuel, the brain suffers.

Stephen Cunnane

Primary prevention of these cancers has largely been neglected, but we now have proof that the incidence of colon, breast, and ovarian cancer can be reduced dramatically by increasing the public's intake of vitamin D.

Cedric F. Garland

He absolutely loves McDonald's, especially their chicken nuggets. They don't get a lot of fruit over there and so he's absolutely a sponge for Vitamin C. The first day he was here he had eight bananas!

Tammy White

Exposure to vitamin D at the time breasts are developing, particularly around adolescence, might be important.

Julia Knight

It may be hard to find and expensive to find it, but you want to take vitamin D-3.

Cedric F. Garland