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Prof. Dr. Jörg Spitz
Nuclear medicine specialist
Vitamin D • Preventive Medicine • Integrative Medicine
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Focus: Vitamin D, preventive medicine, and integrative health
Jörg Spitz is a German nuclear medicine specialist and founder of the Akademie für Menschliche Medizin (AMM). His public work focuses on vitamin D, preventive medicine, and integrative approaches to chronic disease.
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Bisphosphonates and Vitamin D in the fight against cancer – a breakthrough for treatment?
Vitamin D acts more like a hormone than a vitamin, and most cells in the body have receptors for it. Some people may not respond well to vitamin D at the cellular level even when their blood number looks fine. The conversation argues that parathyroid hormone is a more useful marker of adequacy than blood vitamin D alone.