Need a source? November is Vitamin D Awareness Month in Canada - kicked off
by a major North American conference on Vitamin D in Toronto November 3

TORONTO , Oct. 29 /CNW/ - Vitamin D Deficiency - linked to significantly higher rates of most cancers, heart disease, autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis, and even flu - affects 97 per cent of Canadians. Yet fewer than 3 per cent of Canadians say they know their vitamin D blood levels.

The world's most renowned vitamin D researchers will be joined by public health officials from across Canada on November 3 for "Diagnosis and Treatment of Vitamin D Deficiency" - a symposium hosted by Grassroots Health and the University of Toronto School of Medicine. The event will run from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the University of Toronto's Faculty Club.

Vitamin D spokesperson available for comment:

Dr. Reinhold Vieth , Associate Professor in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology at University of Toronto , and Director of the Bone and Mineral Laboratory, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital.

The Vitamin D Society is a Canadian non-profit group organized to increase awareness of the many health conditions strongly linked to vitamin D deficiency and to encourage all Canadians to have their vitamin D blood levels tested annually. Optimal vitamin D blood levels are 100-150 nmol/L as measured by a calcidiol blood test.

For further information: or to set up an interview, please contact: Michelle Di Rocco, [phone] ext. 251 or [email protected]