Vitamin D

Is it forbidden to take these supplements together?

Many people take various dietary supplements without knowing how they affect each other. What happens when two especially popular supplements in older age are taken together?

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Vitamin D

The vitamin that can affect your brain – even 16 years down the line

Vitamin D affects the sleep quality

Dr. Maya Rosman: Fatigue, sweets at night and stress? This is the vitamin that will help

Vitamin D

Taking vitamin D and blood levels don’t rise? Dr. Maya Rosman reveals the surprising reason


This is why you should eat oranges this winter

Oranges are now in season and you should eat and enjoy one of the most delicious and healthy fruits around. What's in this symbolic Israeli fruit that's so good health-wise?

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Foreign dried fruit is unhealthy, eat fresh Israeli fruit - Plants Board

In preparation for Tu Bishvat, the Israel Plants Board calls on the public to prefer local fresh fruits over imported dried fruits.

Fruit and vegetables sit on display at Brixton Market, London, September 27, 2020.

Newly-discovered gene mutation blocks babies from metabolizing vitamin D

Adults living with this gene may not know they have it. The symptoms include frequent kidney stones and high levels of calcium in the blood.

We will soon be able to manufacture these without needing to use animals. Dairy products

The whole truth about superfoods - should you add them to your diet?

What's the deal with all the so-called superfoods that are being praised lately? Find out here.

Illustrative image of berries.

Vitamin D supplements can help protect patients with new COVID-19 strain

The probability of death was found to be higher by as much as 50% in COVID patients with severe vitamin D deficiency, while this probability fell to 5% in patients with good levels of the vitamin.

Vitamin D laying on the table with prescription bottle behind them.

This popular supplement can increase your risk of developing cancer

Nutritional supplements may, in some cases, improve your health and reduce the risk of disease, but in other cases they may do the opposite and put you at risk.

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COVID: Vitamin D deficiency pre-infection may lead to severe corona case

Official study results showed that those with Vitamin D deficiency were 14 times more likely to have severe or critical cases of COVID-19.

Healthy Eating: Vitamin D saves the day

Is calcium no longer absorbed into your body as it once was?

As the years go by, our body has a hard time utilizing the calcium it receives and directing it to the desired places. This leads to a decrease in bone density. What should we do?

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Vitamin D deficient people 20% more likely to die from COVID-19 - study

Dr. Amir Bashkin said that 26% of people who had a pre-infection level of vitamin D of 20 ng/mL died, compared to 3% of those who had higher levels of vitamin D - a difference of 23%.

People sit and drink coffee in the sun as Israel reopens its economy after COVID-19 restrictions

Women using certain dietary supplements at lower risk for COVID-19 - study

The study noted that similar results were also observed by teams performing parallel studies in Sweden and the United States.

Vitamin D laying on the table with prescription bottle behind them.