Pages tagged with "Vitamin D"
- Hypertension which remains high (nondipper) is associated with low vitamin D
- Familial Mediterranean Fever is 3X more likely if poor Vitamin D Receptors (males)
- Elderly should not have more than 40 ng of vitamin D (if infrequent dosing or fail to adjust cofactors)
- Monthly 80,000 IU of vitamin D safely got half above 40 ng in 6 months
- Bone fractures heal poorly with only 1,000 IU of vitamin D (not a surprise)
- Dengue fever - 8X higher risk for getting worse if low vitamin D
- Vitamin D – 91 percent safely got above 30 ng in 2 months with weekly 30,000 IU
- Turkey recommended 1200 IU Vitamin D during pregnancy, only 1 in 7 took more than 1,000 IU
- Frequent miscarriage associated with both lower vitamin D and poor Vitamin D receptor
- Lung cancer 24 percent less likely if high vitamin D (never-smoking senior women)
- 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