Staying Healthy
Do you need more vitamin D?
Research suggests that higher doses of the sunshine vitamin may be good for your health, but it's too soon to be sure.
Vitamin D is needed to maintain strong bones. A flood of recent studies have also hinted that vitamin D may help to prevent a wide variety of health problems—including some of great interest to men, like heart disease and cancer. You clearly need some vitamin D to be healthy but should
you take more?
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