In a message dated 11/22/2006 6:00:13 PM Central Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes: > I have not bought the book yet, but there is some good information here: > http://sunlightandvitamind.com/ > > Book is pricey and not yet in print... A doctor friend of mine suggested checking out this one... UV Advantage by Michael Holick is also available for ~$8. Available at Amazon.com if not available in your local stores.. Holick has an article online at.... Vitamin D: importance in the prevention of cancers, type 1 diabetes, heart disease, and osteoporosis1,2,3,4,5 http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/79/3/362 Among other things--"Vitamin D deficiency is often misdiagnosed as fibromyalgia." Another researcher looking at Vitamin D is Dr. Neil Binkley, U/Wisconsin. (He is also looking at the role of Vitamin K in bone health.) Find more by doing a www.yahoo.com for "binkley and vitamin D" This article is one of several you can find by searching www.wisc.edu http://www.nutrisci.wisc.edu/fac_ns/f_binkley.htm One of the studies Binkley is working on Vitamin D & balance. http://www.med.wisc.edu/news/item.php?id=1520 "Participants will also undergo a formal gait assessment at UW Health’s Rehabilitation Clinic. In particular, researchers will be measuring speed of gait and the amount of time an individual stands in what’s called “double-stance” gait--both feet on the ground." Interestingly, Samuel Gee (1888) noted that celiacs that recovered (as opposed to died, I presume) were left with a peculiar gait that never resolved. Researchers in England have found that in those suffering from varying degrees of gluten ataxia, gait ataxia is universal affecting 100%. Gluten ataxia in perspective: epidemiology, genetic susceptibility and clinical characteristics. Brain. 2003 Mar;126(Pt 3):685-91. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?CMD=search&DB=pubmed Hadjivassiliou M, Grunewald R, Sharrack B, Sanders D, Lobo A, Williamson C, Woodroofe N, Wood N, Davies-Jones A. Since Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin, it would make sense if fats weren't being absorbed, especially at northern latitudes and when skies were darkened by pollution from burning coal... Bev in Milwaukee