Have you ever wondered how common vitamin D deficiency is? Or if your vitamin D levels should be tested? Are you unsure how to supplement with vitamin D? Integrative medicine expert and Wellness Times editorial advisor, Gregory A. Plotnikoff, MD, MTS, FACP, answers these questions and more during this 50-minute radio program hosted by Wellness Times publisher, Karolyn A. Gazella. Five to Thrive Live! airs Monday through Friday at 5 p.m. PST (8 p.m. EST). To listen to this Internet radio show, visit www.w4cs.com during the scheduled show time.

Gregory A. Plotnikoff, MD, MTS, FACP, is a board-certified internist and pediatrician who has received international honors for his work in cross-cultural and integrative medicine. He is a graduate of Carleton College, Harvard Divinity School and the University of Minnesota Medical School. Plotnikoff is the author of 21 textbook chapters and more than 50 first-authored articles in the medical literature. His 2003 article on vitamin D and chronic pain is one of the most highly cited articles in the history of the Mayo Clinic Proceedings. He is a fellow of the United States-Japan Foundation Leadership program, the Bush Foundation Leadership Program and the American College of Physicians. Plotnikoff serves as an integrative medicine physician at the Penny George Institute for Health and Healing and as senior consultant, Center for Healthcare Innovation, Allina Health Care, Minneapolis.