If you live above a line drawn from Atlanta to Los Angeles, and especially if you have dark skin or always wear sun block from head to toe, you are probably Vitamin D deficient.

And Vitamin D deficiency probably means greater susceptibility to 4 different cancers–breast, prostate, ovarian and colon.

People with enough vitamin D, cancer is less frequent.

Milk and soy milk have vitamin D,
because it is added at the dairy/processor. But cheese and yogurt usually do not.

You can have your vitamin D level–25-hydroxy vitamin D–measured at the doctor’s office to know if you need more food, more sun or supplements.

Too much vitamin D (over 2000 IU) daily can be toxic, but most Americans don’t get near that.

Great food sources of vitamin D (more…)

Two 2005 studies show “small changes make a big difference” in your weight loss diet.

Forty men and women about to watch the 2005 Super Bowl served themselves 53% (146 calories) more and ate 56% (142 calories) more than those who served themselves from small bowls.

A large bowl was 4 liters; a small one was 2 liters.

And nearly 300 experienced bartenders and newbie students aimed to pour 1.5 ounce drinks into tall narrow glasses and short wide glasses.

But they routinely poured 20% more in the short, wide glass. Others have done the same for fruit juice.

Size matters. People eat and drink on average, 92% of what they (more…)