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Register Test Kit 0 items Login Home Participant Resources Research Projects Donate Order Test Kits Cart (0 items) Choose a Project Choose a project to get started. You may add on any additional nutrient tests to fit your needs. D*action Projects Vitamin D Deficiency Open to: Anyone Tests included: Vitamin D Omega-3 Deficiency Open to: Anyone Tests included: Vitamin D, Omega-3 Index Breast Cancer Prevention Open to: All women Tests included: Vitamin D Immune Boost Project Open to: Anyone Tests included: Vitamin D, Omega-3 Index, Magnesium + Elements, hs-CRP Nutrient*action Projects Type 1 Diabetes Prevention Open to: Anyone at risk of T1D Tests included: Vitamin D, Omega-3 Index, AA:EPA and Omega-6:Omega-3 Ratio, hsCRP and HbA1c Magnesium*PLUS Focus Project Open to: Anyone Tests included: Vitamin D, Omega-3 Index, Magnesium D*action Project Enrollment Participant registration – Welcome! Join the D*action project NOW for you, your family, your friends and become part of an international project to solve the vitamin D deficiency epidemic. When you order your kit from GrassroootsHealth, you will also be participating in the world’s largest vitamin D project to solve the deficiency, D*action. Personalized information and charts are included as part of the unique Personalized Health Software, myData-myAnswers, to help you track your health outcomes over time and compare them to your vitamin D serum level, and, to others in the project. Your participation in the testing and sharing your results with your health status, over the next 5 years or for however long you choose, will also enable us to inform the public about the status of vitamin D and other nutrient and health tests and health outcomes associated with each nutrient’s intake and resulting blood level. This project depends on a true ‘GrassrootsHealth’ movement. We can do it together! You may choose to enroll 1-time to test your levels with an extended health questionnaire or you may participate for the full 5 year project where you provide your health information each 6 months for the 5 year period. The participation fees are based on the tests chosen; additional tests can be added to fit your individual needs. The one time vitamin D only test and participation is $79.00 plus shipping. In the 5 year project, there is a $74.00 fee plus shipping each 6 months for your test kit and participation, available as a subscription. We are expecting to demonstrate the significance of this nutrient on many people’s health and, of course, in the prevention of many diseases. We very much appreciate your participation. Help us spread the word. If you have previously received vitamin D results in the D*action project, please log in here . Otherwise, if you are a new participant Click here to continue enrollment Sunnily yours, Carole A. Baggerly Director GrassrootsHealth Nutrient Research Institute Click to view study information details . View a sample questionnaire . This questionnaire has been tested in Internet Explorer versions 6.0+, Firefox 2.0+, Safari 3.0+, and Google Chrome 1.0+ World Health Action in partnership with Copyright © 2024 All rights reserved | Privacy Policy 315 S. Coast Hwy 101, Suite U-87 Encinitas, CA 92024 [email protected] Thank You for Registering Your Test Card(s)! Remember to also: Write your Participant ID, Date of Birth, and Date/Time of Collection on the back of your blood spot cards Complete your blood spot samples as instructed (See these tips for additional help if needed) Mail the samples back (Results will be posted to your online account in 2-4 weeks) Complete your online questionnaire to avoid delay in results posting Register Test Kit The new blood spot card(s) will have an 8 digit code with the first 2 letters of OQ follow by 6 numbers. Note: Blood spot cards in older kits will not have a barcode sticker, and will NOT need to be registered. You will write your Participant ID on your blood spot card(s), answer or update your questionnaire and mail in your blood spot card(s) in the provided return envelope. If your blood spot card does not have a barcode, you do not need to register your kit. Barcode OQ Date of Collection Time of Collection 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 AM PM Birth Date Register Get the Sunshine eBook FREE with any purchase, donation or newsletter sign-up, plus 10% off test kits during the month of May with code SUNMONTH24! Get eBook X The Total, per our Scientists’ Call to Action, is recommended to be between 40-60 ng/ml (100-150 nmol/L) for best overall health. If you are in that range, keep up the good work! If not, a couple of things to keep in mind: Vitamin D sources are primarily sun and, for most people, supplements. If you choose to supplement, the D*calculator provides an estimate of an amount of daily supplementation sufficient for 50% of people to raise their vitamin D serum level from what it is currently to their target serum level. Knowing that some individuals will require more, it also provides an estimate of the amount that would be needed for 90% of people to make the same change. For example, for a 150 pound person who is taking 1000 IU supplemental vitamin D3 to go from 20 to at least 40 ng/ml would require a new average of 4000 IU vitamin D3 per day; individual results may vary. Experts recommend re-testing vitamin D serum levels after 6 months (or a minimum of 3 months) to determine how your serum level is adjusting to a new supplement dose. The D*calculator was created using data from the GrassrootsHealth D*action Study, which provided supplement dose and serum level data from over 7000 individuals. The latest Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, 2010, indicates 10,000 IU/day is considered the no observed adverse effect level (NOAEL); 4000 IU/day is considered a safe upper intake level for adults aged 19 and older. The observed cases of vitamin D toxicity started at total levels of 200 ng/ml per J. Hathcock, Am J. Clin Nutr. 2007;85:6-18. GrassrootsHealth is solely providing information and is not acting as your healthcare provider. Please talk with your healthcare provider about what is best for you. We appreciate your participation in this program to help eliminate the vitamin D deficiency epidemic. Please don’t hesitate to contact us with any questions. Director GrassrootsHealth A Public Health Promotion Organization [email protected] 760-579-8141 × Omega-3 Index Results (Undesirable 4%, Intermediate 4%-8%, Desirable 8%) Reference Range*: 2.5%-11.8% *Reference Ranges encompass about 99% of US adults. (If Result 8%) Your Omega-3 Index is below the target level of 8-12%. (If Result 8-12%) Your Omega-3 Index is within the target range of 8-12%! (If Result 12%) Your Omega-3 Index is above the target range of 8-12%. You may wish to decrease your intake of omega-3 fatty acids. Although many studies have shown that people with a higher (vs. lower) Omega-3 Index are at decreased risk for a variety of disorders, virtually none of these studies have included a significant number of individuals with an Omega-3 Index of over 12%. Therefore, we have no data to support (or refute) the beneficial effects of an Omega-3 Index above this level. Given this uncertainty, we would recommend that you aim to keep your Omega-3 Index within the desirable range†. Many studies have shown that people with higher (vs. lower) omega-3 index levels are at decreased risk for a variety of diseases. These include heart disease, stroke, dementia, and depression to name a few. These people may even live longer than those with lower levels. Raising your omega-3 index and keeping it up could help reduce your risk of these conditions. Omega-3 fatty acids are found primarily in fish, especially oily” fish such as those near the top in the accompanying table. The two most important omega-3 fatty acids are EPA and DHA. It should be noted that omega-3 fatty acids from flaxseed oil (alpha-linolenic acid, or ALA) will have little to no effect on...