There's no ideal time of day to take vitamin D for maximum absorption. However, experts recommend taking the fat-soluble vitamin with a meal. Beyond pairing the supplement with a fat, dosage and type ...

As far as nutrients go, vitamin D is one of the most widely useful—but oft-overlooked—things we put in our bodies. For instance, “there are more than 200 known functions of vitamin D in the body,” ...

If the best vitamin D supplements aren't already part of your daily supplement stack, there’s a decent chance they should be. “It's been estimated that as much as 50 percent of American adults are ...

Intermountain Health researchers discovered that customizing vitamin D3 doses for heart attack survivors slashed their risk of another heart attack by 50%. The strategy involved frequent monitoring ...

A tailored approach of vitamin D 3 supplementation in patients who have suffered a heart attack significantly reduces their risk of a second heart attack, a new study from heart researchers at ...

Share on Pinterest Vitamin D3 supplementation was linked to a lower risk of a second heart attack in a new study. Image credit: Tatjana Zlatkovic/Stocksy A new study from researchers with ...

A new review of studies finds that the type of vitamin D that you take matters. The study looked at vitamin D3 vs. vitamin D2 and found vitamin D2 to be less potent and actually reduced serum (total) ...

Dear Dr. Roach: Several years ago, in my early 80s, my gynecologist told me (like all women who mainly stayed indoors) that I should be taking 4,000 IU of vitamin D3 daily. Yet today, I read an ...

Share on Pinterest A new study compared the vitamin D boosting capacity of two forms of vitamin D: D2 and D3. Viktoriya Skorikova/Getty Images Vitamin D deficiency is associated with an increased risk ...

Vitamin D is known to be essential to many aspects of human health — but a new study suggests that taking a certain form of it can have a negative effect. The more potent and longer-lasting form, ...