1. Back in September 07 there was a big vitamin D conference called Vitamin D and Health in the 21st Century — An Update. Just a heads-up, the proceedings from the conference will be published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition in the spring of 2008. Should be some very interesting news and information coming out from this conference!

2. This is sort of Vitamin D news……Cod liver oil has long been known to be a good source of vitamin D, so this headline got my curiosity up: Cod liver oil tied to low bone mass in women. Researchers speculate that it might be related to the vitamin A content of the oil. Since the population they studied (Norwegians) already eat a diet very rich in vitamin A, the additional vitamin A in the cod liver oil might be causing the bone density problem for these folks.

3. I just checked the UV forecast for today. We’re holding steady at low here in Bellingham, as we have been for several months now. Hawaii is in the extreme high end of the range at 11 which means it can take less than 10 minutes for skin damage!