TORONTO, Oct. 29, 2009 (Canada NewsWire via COMTEX) -- Vitamin D Deficiency -
linked to significantly higher rates of most cancers, heart disease, autoimmune
diseases such as multiple sclerosis, and even flu - affects 97 per cent of
Canadians. Yet fewer than 3 per cent of Canadians say they know their vitamin D
blood levels.
The world's most renowned vitamin D researchers will be joined by public health
officials from across Canada on November 3 for "Diagnosis and Treatment of
Vitamin D Deficiency" - a symposium hosted by Grassroots Health and the
University of Toronto School of Medicine. The event will run from 8 a.m. to 5
p.m. at the University of Toronto's Faculty Club.
Vitamin D spokesperson available for comment:
Dr. Reinhold Vieth, Associate Professor in the Department of Laboratory Medicine
and Pathobiology at University of Toronto, and Director of the Bone and Mineral
Laboratory, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Mount Sinai
Hospital.
The Vitamin D Society is a Canadian non-profit group organized to increase
awareness of the many health conditions strongly linked to vitamin D deficiency
and to encourage all Canadians to have their vitamin D blood levels tested
annually. Optimal vitamin D blood levels are 100-150 nmol/L as measured by a
calcidiol blood test.
SOURCE: Vitamin D Society
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