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    The terms dietitian vs nutritionist and the correct spelling of dietitian have been ever-evolving issues for our profession. To trace back the origins of these issues we would need to start before the founding of the American Dietetic Association (ADA) in 1917. The word dietetics was included in the 1839 Dunglison Medical Lexicon and defined as “a branch of medicine comprising the rules to be…

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    Vitamin D (also known as calciferol) exists in several forms, most notably D2 (ergocalciferol) and D3 (cholecalciferol). Both forms are yielded following exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation; D2 appears in some fungi, molds, and yeasts, and D3 in animals, including humans.1-5 Another form of vitamin D (D4) has also been detected in some varieties of mushrooms, following their exposure to UV…

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