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A person would have to drink 10 large glasses of vitamin D-fortified milk each day just to get minimum levels of vitamin D into his or her diet.

Sunlight exposure is the only reliable way to generate vitamin D in your own body.2.

People with dark skin pigmentation may need 20-30 times as much exposure to sunlight as fair-skinned people to generate the same amount of vitamin D.

This may be why prostate cancer is an epidemic among black men - a simple, but widespread, sunlight deficiency.

The further you live from the equator, the longer exposure to the sun you need in order to generate vitamin D.

Canada, the United Kingdom and most U.S.

states are far from the equator and the huge populations of black people (which includes many Jamaicans) in those areas are at great risk of vitamin D deficiency.

But even here in sun-torched Jamaica, many people deliberately avoid the sun and may be lacking in vitamin D.3.

Sufficient levels of vitamin D are crucial for calcium absorption in your intestines.

Without sufficient vitamin D, your body cannot absorb calcium, rendering calcium supplements useless.

There is more to healthy bones than just calcium.4.

Chronic vitamin D deficiency cannot be reversed overnight: It takes months of vitamin D supplementation and/or sunlight exposur...

The study also showed the cherry-fed groups had lower levels of a plasma marker of oxidative damage and increased blood antioxidant capacity — not surprising since cherries are one of the richest sources of antioxidants.

Additionally, the cherry-enriched diets reduced "fatty liver" or the accumulation of triglycerides and The amount of cherries used in the study is estimated to be about 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 cups of whole frozen cherries or a little more than 1/2 cup of dried cherries.

People with metabolic syndrome — characterized by abdominal obesity (or belly fat), high triglycerides, low HDL Previous studies have shown that the compounds in cherries may offer protection against heart disease due to enhancements in blood vessel health.

Other studies suggest that cherries have anti-inflammatory benefits that may help ease the pain of arthritis and gout.

The new study on cherries and metabolic syndrome has been submitted for publication.

The study was funded by the Cherry Marketing Institute, which provided an unrestricted grant to the University of Michigan to conduct the research and was not directly involved in the desi...

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