Do You Get a D in Your Fitness?

Do you get a D? I don’t mean a grade, I mean vitamin D – you know the stuff you find in milk? I’m a bit sensitive about vitamin D because I’m lactose intolerant and I just don’t have a lot of dairy in my diet. Recently, there have been separate studies that reveal that vitamin D is good for a lot more than just helping your bones and muscles absorb calcium. As it turns out – studies show that: Women who consume 1100 IU (international units) of vitamin D per day lowered their risk of cancer by as much … Continue reading

Milking the Dairy Diet?

Have you seen all the headlines insisting that consuming dairy on a daily basis can help you lose weight? We talked about the Dairy Diet a few weeks ago here. It’s time to revisit that topic with the latest news report. From the Milk, does a body good ad campaign to the eat more dairy to lose weight statements – high-dairy diets are spreading like wildfire. So does it work? The answer to that is a very firm maybe. Current research suggests those who indulge in high-dairy diets gain slightly more weight than those who trim the dairy from their … Continue reading