{"id":976,"date":"2008-07-17T03:59:24","date_gmt":"2008-07-17T07:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/blog\/index.php\/doctors-are-ordering-more-and-more-vitamin-d-tests-report-says\/"},"modified":"2008-07-17T03:59:24","modified_gmt":"2008-07-17T07:59:24","slug":"doctors-are-ordering-more-and-more-vitamin-d-tests-report-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/doctors-are-ordering-more-and-more-vitamin-d-tests-report-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctors are ordering more and more vitamin D tests, report says."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Americans ordered 80-90 percent more vitamin D tests this year, USA Today reported on Tuesday \u2014 proof that more and more doctors are catching on to the many health benefits now linked to higher levels of &#8220;the sunshine vitamin.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><a href=\"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/2008-07-15-testing-d-tanningnews-copy.jpg\" title=\"2008-07-15-testing-d-tanningnews-copy.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/2008-07-15-testing-d-tanningnews-copy.thumbnail.jpg\" style=\"margin: 5px 10px 5px 0px\" alt=\"2008-07-15-testing-d-tanningnews-copy.jpg\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"5\" \/><\/a>USA Today reported, &#8220;The jump in vitamin D testing comes after a slew of emerging research \u2014 much of which has been published in the past few years \u2014 linking vitamin D deficiency with some infectious diseases, cancers, cardiovascular disease and autoimmune disorders, says Patsy Brannon, professor of nutritional sciences at Cornell University.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The paper&#8217;s coverage continued, &#8220;Other research indicates that many Americans are deficient in vitamin D, and that is also fueling the testing trend, says Catherine Gordon, director of the bone health program at Children&#8217;s Hospital Boston.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The increases were reported by two of the major testing labs for vitamin D tests, as well as the Mayo Clinic.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Even a year ago, vitamin D testing wasn&#8217;t really being talked about among physicians in a major way. But now I am testing 100% more than I did in the past,&#8221; Dr. Janet Pregler, director of the Iris Cantor-UCLA Women&#8217;s Health Center, told USA Today.<\/p>\n<p>According to The Vitamin D Council, an independent vitamin D advocacy group based in California, vitamin D blood levels are measured by a calcidiol test (also know as a 25-hyrdoxyvitamin D test). More important than your daily intake of vitamin D are your actual vitamin D blood levels. Optimal vitamin D blood levels are 50 ng\/mL (125 nmol\/L), according to The Vitamin D Council.<\/p>\n<p>A majority of Americans and up to 97 percent of Canadians are vitamin D deficient, according to research. 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