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  • noun Plural form of nanomole.

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  • Recent research by vitamin D pioneer Dr. Michael Holick, Professor of Medicine, Physiology, and Dermatology at Boston University School of Medicine, recommends intakes of up to 2,000 IU a day -- or enough to keep blood levels of 25 hydroxy vitamin D at between 75 to 125 nmol/L (nanomoles per liter). (viii) That may sound high, but it's still safe: Lifeguards have levels of 250 nmol/L without toxicity.

    Vitamin D: Why You Are Probably NOT Getting Enough and How That Makes You Sick 2010

  • Recent research by vitamin D pioneer Dr. Michael Holick, Professor of Medicine, Physiology, and Dermatology at Boston University School of Medicine, recommends intakes of up to 2,000 IU a day -- or enough to keep blood levels of 25 hydroxy vitamin D at between 75 to 125 nmol/L (nanomoles per liter). (viii) That may sound high, but it's still safe: Lifeguards have levels of 250 nmol/L without toxicity.

    Mark Hyman, MD: Vitamin D: Why You Are Probably NOT Getting Enough and How That Makes You Sick 2010

  • Starting from about the same baseline -- a cortisol concentration in saliva of seven to eight nanomoles per liter -- one group, comprising seven men, shot up to an average of 29 in the first day; the rest went only to around 19.

    Stress 2008

  • The low-vitamin D group had between 15 and 46 nanomoles per liter nmol/L in their blood, while the high-vitamin D group had 72 to 154 nmol/L.

    Reuters: Press Release 2012

  • The study notes that Canadians have mean serum levels for vitamin D averaging 67 nanomoles per litre, and says the estimated benefits in disease reduction were based on increasing the level to 105 nanomoles per litre.

    Canadian Online Health News THE CANADIAN PRESS 2010

  • Activity is expressed as nanomoles of cytochrome cred oxidized per minute per milligram of protein.

    Naturejobs - All Jobs Daniela Di Bella 2010

  • Data from the volunteers -- either African-American or of European ancestry -- who had relatively low amounts of sun exposure suggest that they may need additional vitamin D to reach a target blood level of 75 nanomoles of vitamin D per liter of plasma.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • Methane concentrations ranged from 10,000 to nearly 1 million times higher in some spots than the normal concentration, which is about 20 nanomoles per liter, Kessler said.

    News Lauren Schenkman 2010

  • "Vitamin D has been known for many years to play a critical role in skeletal health, such that very low levels of this hormone (less than 20 nanomoles per liter) can cause osteomalacia, a disorder of impaired bone mineralization," write Andrew Grey, M.D., and Mark

    Newswise: Latest News 2010

  • Data from the volunteers -- either African-American or of European ancestry -- who had relatively low amounts of sun exposure suggest that they may need additional vitamin D to reach a target blood level of 75 nanomoles of vitamin D per liter of plasma.

    RedOrbit News - Technology 2010

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