Pages tagged with "Vitamin D"
- UV LEDs (293 nm) produce the more Vitamin D in skin than 290-305 nm UVB
- Multiple Sclerosis risk a decade later was 2X higher if low vitamin D (12 ng vs 20 ng)
- Diabetic blacks – 80 percent had low vitamin D (less than 20 ng) a decade before
- Night shift workers far more likely to have low vitamin D levels
- Speculation – Weekly vitamin D dose will be better than daily if poor Receptor
- The Role of Vitamin D in Thyroid Diseases
- Lung bacteria decreased by 1,000 IU of vitamin D (only in non-smokers) – RCT
- Brain cells can probably activate Vitamin D without liver or kidney (at least in rats)
- TB not treated by vitamin D given for only 2 months – RCT
- Preeclampsia risk reduced 60 percent if supplement with Vitamin D (they ignored dose size) – meta-analysis
- Obese are 30 percent more likely to have poor Vitamin D Receptor
- Dry eye decreased with weekly 50,000 IU vitamin D injection for 8 weeks
- Women with PCOS 4 X more likely to develop T2 Diabetes (no surprise, both associated with low vitamin D)
- Vitamin D levels in Alaska are decreasing – does less fish mean less health
- Pregnancy needs at least 40 ng of vitamin D, achieved by at least 4,000 IU – Hollis
- Estrogen contraception pill doubled the response to 1,000 IU of vitamin D – RCT
- Vitamin D before and during pregnancy
- Increase of plastic compounds (phthalates) in urine during pregnancy associated with decreased Vitamin D
- Rheumatoid arthritis pain was 5.8 X more likely if low vitamin D
- Palliative cancer benefit of 4,000 IU of Vitamin D – less opioids, infection, and CRP