AP - The case of 14 babies who received accidental overdoses while in intensive care has raised new questions about how a common blood-thinning medication could be given to infants repeatedly in the wrong dosage.

Have you noticed that Vitamin D is getting a lot of attention lately? According to recent reports it may help protect us from certain kinds of cancers (such as breast and prostate cancer). It can also help us to build and maintain strong bones and muscles plus provide a lot of other health benefits.

It's no wonder people in Tahiti do not know what skin cancer is. Isn't it ironic that skin cancer is mostly attributed to those in colder areas, like Michigan, New York, Wisconsin. Those buy d calcium pantothenate white skin, no sun and poisonous sunblock!

Yup you heard me right, sunblock is not good for you, do some research to read about the connections between sunblock and skin cancer.

Back to the D. Did you know that vitamin D isn't really a vitamin? It's actually a hormone! Vitamin D is manufactured in the body and that makes it a hormone. Vitamins by definition are not manufactured in the body and must be obtained from food.

Did you know that vitamin D, like so many other hormones in the body, is manufactured from cholesterol? When your skin is exposed to sunshine, the cholesterol in your skin is converted to vitamin D.

Millions of us also believe that sunshine is a bad thing that causes skin cancer, so we make sure that we cover ourselves with strong sunblock. As a result, sunlight never touches our skin, and you guessed it, we don't convert cholesterol into vitamin D. Which explains why more than 60% of the population has high cholesterol and are vitamin D deficient!

I don't know about you but I am going tanning this weekend! Okay, considering it snowed last night I will have to settle for a nice cold walk in the suns refreshing rays!

Have you had your sunshine today?

Enjoy!

Brandi

Brandi Magill is an aspiring writer, wife, mother of two as well as a business affiliate with an independent marketing firm that assists home based business professionals. Currently one of the companies she is aligned with is Uri International. Brandi enjoys educating, inspiring, and connecting with like minded men and women. To connect with Brandi visit: http://trueoptimalhealth.net or call: 401-714-2462.