Healthy Society Series: The Health Benefits of Vitamin D and Solar UVB
This program will feature four vitamin D researchers who will discuss the evidence they generated and/or collected showing that vitamin D has important health benefits.
Carole Baggerly, CEO of GrassrootsHealth.net, will outline the findings of health outcomes of more than 10,000 participants in their studies who take vitamin D supplements, measure their vitamin D levels every six months, and report any health changes. She will also discuss the evidence that vitamin D reduces risk of COVID-19. Dr. Carol L. Wagner will present results from studies of high-dose vitamin D supplementation of pregnant and nursing women, such as significantly reduced risk of preterm delivery. Professor Joan M. Lappe will discuss her clinical trials on vitamin D and calcium on prevention of cancer. William B. Grant, Ph.D., director of the Sunlight, Nutrition and Health Research Center in San Francisco, will moderate the discussion.
MLF ORGANIZER
Robert Lee Kilpatrick
NOTES
MLF: Health & Medicine
Carole A. Baggerly
Founder and Director, Grassrootshealth.net
Carol L. Wagner
M.D., Professor, Pediatrics Department, College of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina
Joan M. Lappe
Ph.D., R.N., Professor and Associate Dean, College of Nursing Research, Creighton University
William B. Grant
Ph.D., Founder and Director, Sunlight, Nutrition and Health Research Center; Vitamin D Researcher
