Pages tagged with "Obesity"
- Need more than 2,000 IU daily to get obese people to 30 ng level of vitamin D (not a surprise) – review
- Higher COVID death rates in more obese counties
- How obesity reduces the ability of vitamin D to fight health problems such as COVID
- Bariatric Surgery lowered risk of severe liver disease (not a surprise)
- Vitamin D might a risk factor of insulin resistance, diabetes, obesity, etc. (50 ng)
- Slow fetal growth if mother was obese and had low vitamin D (40 ng is good)
- Sarcopenia with obesity is more likely if dark skin, diabetes, OR COPD (all associated with low vitamin D)
- High-fat diet reduces CYP2R1 gene needed to make semi-activated vitamin D (mice)
- Gave vitamin D, decided that heavier needed more (kidney disease in this case)
- Single 200,000 IU of vitamin D did not benefit the obese in various ways (not a surprise) – RCT
- Parathyroid response to Vitamin D among obese
- Weight loss on low-calorie diet: 7 lbs more lost if got lots of Vitamin D
- Based on PTH response, obese adolescents may not need and much vitamin D as non-obese (12 ng vs 16.5 ng)
- Need 3X more Vitamin D (or take semi-activated vitamin D) if have poor gut – small RCT
- Overweight elderly respond well to 3600 IU Vitamin D daily for a year – RCT
- Co-Epidemic of Obesity and COVID-19 (a co-epidemic of Vitamin D not mentioned)
- Risk of sleep apnea in obese increases 3.4X with poor vitamin D Receptor
- COVID-19 hospitalizations: 63% associated with diabetes, obesity, hypertension or heart failure
- Obese mice with a good level of vitamin D were given more – it did not help much – April! 2021
- Light case of COVID-19 in immunocompromised obese man with many comordities but good level of vitamin D
