{"id":1736,"date":"2009-02-26T04:00:45","date_gmt":"2009-02-26T08:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/blog\/index.php\/todays-headline-story-vitamin-d-deficiency-linked-to-premature-death-in-new-study\/"},"modified":"2009-02-26T04:00:45","modified_gmt":"2009-02-26T08:00:45","slug":"todays-headline-story-vitamin-d-deficiency-linked-to-premature-death-in-new-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/todays-headline-story-vitamin-d-deficiency-linked-to-premature-death-in-new-study\/","title":{"rendered":"TODAY&#8217;S HEADLINE STORY:  Vitamin D Deficiency Linked to Premature Death in New Study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Johns Hopkins University study suggests that vitamin D deficiency increases your risk of premature death by 26 percent \u2014 fueled by the fact that vitamin D decreases the mortality rate from almost every type of cancer, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><a href=\"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/2009-02-26-d-for-life-copy.jpg\" title=\"2009-02-26-d-for-life-copy.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/2009-02-26-d-for-life-copy.thumbnail.jpg\" style=\"margin: 5px 10px 5px 0px\" alt=\"2009-02-26-d-for-life-copy.jpg\" vspace=\"5\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"10\" \/><\/a>The paper spoke to Atlanta physician Reginald Fowler, who concurred with the study&#8217;s findings. &#8220;The doctor of internal medicine found that 80 percent of his patients lacked the crucial vitamin that maintains normal blood levels of calcium and phosphorus in the body,&#8221; the Journal-Constitution reported. The paper quoted Fowler as saying, &#8220;It&#8217;s nothing new, but if we can do something about it, we will decrease the incidence of disease significantly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fowler told the Journal-Constitution that a simple blood test can check for levels that should remain at 30 (nanograms per milliliter) or above, but the vitamin D research community actually recommends 40-60 ng\/ml.<\/p>\n<p>And the J-C, like a few papers this year, reported misinformation about the best source of vitamin D. &#8220;The sun helps the body produce vitamin D, but too much time in direct sunlight can increase the risk of skin cancer. So food and supplements are generally deemed the best sources,&#8221; the paper reported.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Saying the sun helps the body produce vitamin D is like saying that water helps people avoid dehydration \u2014 it&#8217;s a total understatement,&#8221; Smart Tan Vice President Joseph Levy said. &#8220;The sun is, in fact, the most natural and abundant source of vitamin D \u2014 there is no other natural source that can get people to 40-60 ng\/ml.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To read the full story <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ajc.com\/services\/content\/printedition\/2009\/02\/25\/vitamind0225.html\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Johns Hopkins University study suggests that vitamin D deficiency increases your risk of premature death by 26 percent \u2014 fueled by the fact that vitamin D decreases the mortality rate from almost every type of cancer, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>TODAY&#039;S HEADLINE STORY: Vitamin D Deficiency Linked to Premature Death in New Study - Smart Tan News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A Johns Hopkins University study suggests that vitamin D deficiency increases your risk of premature death by 26 percent \u2014 fueled by the fact that vitamin D decreases the mortality rate from almost every type of cancer, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Wednesday. 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So food and supplements are generally deemed the best sources,\" the paper reported. \"Saying the sun helps the body produce vitamin D is like saying that water helps people avoid dehydration \u2014 it's a total understatement,\" Smart Tan Vice President Joseph Levy said. \"The sun is, in fact, the most natural and abundant source of vitamin D \u2014 there is no other natural source that can get people to 40-60 ng\/ml.\" To read the full story click here.","og_url":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/todays-headline-story-vitamin-d-deficiency-linked-to-premature-death-in-new-study\/","og_site_name":"Smart Tan News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SmartTan","article_published_time":"2009-02-26T08:00:45+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/2009-02-26-d-for-life-copy.thumbnail.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"smarttan","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@SmartTan","twitter_site":"@SmartTan","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"smarttan","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/todays-headline-story-vitamin-d-deficiency-linked-to-premature-death-in-new-study\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/todays-headline-story-vitamin-d-deficiency-linked-to-premature-death-in-new-study\/"},"author":{"name":"smarttan","@id":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4191f4b1131c0a37b4fd39f876771e7b"},"headline":"TODAY&#8217;S HEADLINE STORY: Vitamin D Deficiency Linked to Premature Death in New Study","datePublished":"2009-02-26T08:00:45+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/todays-headline-story-vitamin-d-deficiency-linked-to-premature-death-in-new-study\/"},"wordCount":272,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/todays-headline-story-vitamin-d-deficiency-linked-to-premature-death-in-new-study\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/2009-02-26-d-for-life-copy.thumbnail.jpg","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/todays-headline-story-vitamin-d-deficiency-linked-to-premature-death-in-new-study\/","url":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/todays-headline-story-vitamin-d-deficiency-linked-to-premature-death-in-new-study\/","name":"TODAY'S HEADLINE STORY: Vitamin D Deficiency Linked to Premature Death in New Study - Smart Tan News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/todays-headline-story-vitamin-d-deficiency-linked-to-premature-death-in-new-study\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/todays-headline-story-vitamin-d-deficiency-linked-to-premature-death-in-new-study\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/2009-02-26-d-for-life-copy.thumbnail.jpg","datePublished":"2009-02-26T08:00:45+00:00","description":"A Johns Hopkins University study suggests that vitamin D deficiency increases your risk of premature death by 26 percent \u2014 fueled by the fact that vitamin D decreases the mortality rate from almost every type of cancer, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Wednesday. 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