Welcome to Desert Mobile Medical’s first-ever blog post on medical knowledge. We are now starting this newsletter as a monthly blog posting that will focus on different health and wellness topics that we feel can impact you, our patients. Our goal is to educate and empower you to make the best possible choices when it comes to your health and those of your loved ones. In honor of National Nutrition Month®, we are putting the spotlight on Vitamin D and Calcium.
Key Facts about Vitamin D & Calcium:
1) Much like Sinatra singing “You can’t have one without the other”, Calcium and Vitamin D work together to protect your bones—calcium helps build and maintain bones, while Vitamin D helps your body effectively absorb calcium. So even if you’re taking in enough calcium, it could be going to waste if you’re deficient in Vitamin D.
2) Did you know that all people smile in the same language? Research has shown that Vitamin D might play an important role in regulating mood and warding off depression. In one study, scientists found that people with depression who received Vitamin D supplements noticed an improvement in their symptoms.
3) Put up your dukes and fight! Vitamin D very well might help you protect against certain types of cancer. Even the Cowardly Lion knew what was up!
4) Need a diet tip? Taking Vitamin D & Calcium supplements could possibly help you shed that unwanted weight.
5) Sick of getting infections? Vitamin D is a powerful immune system booster.
6) Ironically, increasing dietary calcium intake has been shown to decrease your risk of developing kidney stones.
7) Smile big. Laugh often. Never take this life for granted. Smiling big, as a result of those wonderfully strong & healthy teeth you have, courtesy of Calcium + Vitamin D.
8) Who said taking steroids was bad for you? Vitamin D is NOT a vitamin at all. It’s actually a steroid hormone precursor.
9) Nobody likes a bleeder! Calcium is an important part of the blood clotting process.
10) Waiting rooms are a thing of the past, as is your high blood pressure. Calcium intake is a great way to fight against high blood pressure.
At Desert Mobile Medical, we ascertain your Vitamin D levels on our Annual Physical, which is our very first visit to you. We ask that you get a blood draw which we send to the laboratory for a whole battery of tests including:
– Complete Blood Count (CBC)
– Comprehensive Metabolic Panel (CMP)
– HbA1c test (used for diagnosing Diabetes)
– Complete Lipid Panel (Full cholesterol testing)
– TSH (Thyroid Stimulating Hormone) & Free T4 (FT4)
– Complete Urinanalysis (check for kidney health and urinary tract infections)
– Vitamin D levels (Vit D, 25-OH)
– Homocysteine & hs-CRP (Inflammatory Markers)
– Apolipoproteins A & B, PLAC or Lp-PLA2 (Lipoprotein-associated-phospholipase A2), and sdLDL (Small Density Lipoprotein)
– PSA (Prostate Specific Antigen) – If applicable
Key Facts about Vitamin D & Calcium:
1) Much like Sinatra singing “You can’t have one without the other”, Calcium and Vitamin D work together to protect your bones—calcium helps build and maintain bones, while Vitamin D helps your body effectively absorb calcium. So even if you’re taking in enough calcium, it could be going to waste if you’re deficient in Vitamin D.
2) Did you know that all people smile in the same language? Research has shown that Vitamin D might play an important role in regulating mood and warding off depression. In one study, scientists found that people with depression who received Vitamin D supplements noticed an improvement in their symptoms.
3) Put up your dukes and fight! Vitamin D very well might help you protect against certain types of cancer. Even the Cowardly Lion knew what was up!
4) Need a diet tip? Taking Vitamin D & Calcium supplements could possibly help you shed that unwanted weight.
5) Sick of getting infections? Vitamin D is a powerful immune system booster.
6) Ironically, increasing dietary calcium intake has been shown to decrease your risk of developing kidney stones.
7) Smile big. Laugh often. Never take this life for granted. Smiling big, as a result of those wonderfully strong & healthy teeth you have, courtesy of Calcium + Vitamin D.
8) Who said taking steroids was bad for you? Vitamin D is NOT a vitamin at all. It’s actually a steroid hormone precursor.
9) Nobody likes a bleeder! Calcium is an important part of the blood clotting process.
10) Waiting rooms are a thing of the past, as is your high blood pressure. Calcium intake is a great way to fight against high blood pressure.
At Desert Mobile Medical, we ascertain your Vitamin D levels on our Annual Physical, which is our very first visit to you. We ask that you get a blood draw which we send to the laboratory for a whole battery of tests including:
– Complete Blood Count (CBC)
– Comprehensive Metabolic Panel (CMP)
– HbA1c test (used for diagnosing Diabetes)
– Complete Lipid Panel (Full cholesterol testing)
– TSH (Thyroid Stimulating Hormone) & Free T4 (FT4)
– Complete Urinanalysis (check for kidney health and urinary tract infections)
– Vitamin D levels (Vit D, 25-OH)
– Homocysteine & hs-CRP (Inflammatory Markers)
– Apolipoproteins A & B, PLAC or Lp-PLA2 (Lipoprotein-associated-phospholipase A2), and sdLDL (Small Density Lipoprotein)
– PSA (Prostate Specific Antigen) – If applicable
