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'Those with the greatest need of vitamin D typically have the lowest intakes. If you are a woman, you need to pay special attention to your vitamin D status to protect your bones. 

Using state-of-the-art technology, researchers from the University Medical Center Hamburg in Germany, and the University of California, Berkeley found that vitamin D deficiency was associated with less mineralization on the surface of the bone, as well as structural characteristics of older and more brittle bone.'

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'Despite what the media would have us believe, there are a lot of good things about getting older.

In today’s world, we’re faced with continual messages about aging. We hear about anti-aging products for your skin and hair just about every day. There are the new exercises to lift and sculpt, cosmetic surgery guaranteed to take 10 years off your face, and supplements to keep you feeling young well into your senior years.

Oh, and don’t forget all the steady reminders of everything that can go wrong the older you get, like diabetes, cancer, heart disease, osteoporosis, and dementia.

Is there anywhere we can turn these days that we aren’t being told that getting older is just…well, bad?

We thought it was time to turn the tide a bit. After all, aging is, as the saying goes, a lot better than the alternative!'

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