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Nutrition - Vitamin D

VITAMIN D SUPPLEMENTATION

Magazine Article

Magazine name: Health Title of the article to be published: Vitamin D Supplementation: ***** & Safety Issues

Audience: General primarily female audience interested in health and nutrition

Description

***** magazine selected for this project is Health, a n*****tional magazine available by subscription as well as through direct sale; the magazine also maintains a free public website, www.He*****lth.com,wherereaders can obtain additional information on featured topics and advert*****ed products and services. Health magazine covers general health and nutrition topics for a l*****y ***** ***** is geared primarily for an adult female audience of all ages. Regular features cover ********** ***** nutritional health, diet and weight loss, cuisine, exercise and fitness, beauty, and general advice on topical issues that comprise ***** full range of everyday life.

The magazine w***** ***** because vitamin D deficiency is more common among women than men, particularly pregnant women in whom insufficient vitamin D can inhibit healthy weight gain during pregnancy and also prolong labor. Various studies ***** indicate that nursing infants whose mothers with too little vitamin D in their breast milk build less healthy bone and are ***** susceptible to developing diabetes in childhood.

*****, Health magazine was selected because the market of nutritional products and vitamin supplementation for males is saturated with fitness and muscle-building products advertised in numerous fitness magazines, most ***** which ***** also published ***** interested entities that also sell nutritional ***** exercise products for males. Health magazine is typically read in the home where it ***** ***** available to ***** entire household I addition to its primary audience of professional adult women and ********** homemakers.

Vitamins and Health

Vitamins are essential ***** good health and a well-rounded ***** should provide the full recommended d*****ily allowance (R*****A) established by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). However, many of us are sometimes too busy to make sure that we get enough fresh fru***** and vegetables in our diet because we eat on the run, ***** eating too much fast food and other selecti*****s ***** may be lacking in the necessary *****gredients for optimal nutrition and health. For those of us unable to make sure that our daily diet provides adequate amounts of every vitamin and mineral recommended ***** ***** *****, ***** supplements are an economical way ***** avoiding the consequences of long-term vitamin deficiency.

The ***** Benefits of Vitamin D

Many of ***** are already familiar ***** the importance of some vitamins, like vitamin C, which prevents scurvy, but we ***** *****ten ***** aware of how important ***** *****s are for our health. On the other hand, ********** ***** of a good thing can sometimes be even more harmful than too little. In that regard, it is very important to understand the role ***** v*****amin *****, both because of its role in ma*****taining ***** health, as *****ll ***** ***** of ***** potential for harm associated with excessive supplementation.

Unlike other vitamins and minerals, vitamin D is not rea***** ***** through diet because its primary