Here’s a brain-bender for you - a quote from a recent research project….
“The current findings prompt further investigation on this subject and indirectly support the hypothesis that sun exposure may have an antimelanoma effect through activation of the vitamin D system,” the researchers wrote.
AN Australian infertility study has revealed disturbing levels of vitamin D deficiency among men who are unable to impregnate their partners.
I like this quote from a doc in Texas. One thing that stands out to me about this piece is that the doctor is in Houston. Doesn’t Houston get a lot of sunshine? Further evidence that you can’t obtain good vitamin D levels with 10-15 minutes of sun 3 times per week…at least maybe not in North America.
“Doctors have become alarmed at how many children, and adults, have low levels of vitamin D. Until recently, levels had not been routinely checked. Dr. Lynnette Mazur is a professor of pediatrics at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, and chief of pediatrics at Houston’s Shriners Hospital for Children. She was “dumbfounded,” she told the Chronicle, to find out that many of the children she treated had low levels of the vitamin. Now, she routinely tests for vitamin D levels.”
full article here - Shedding light: More research needed on vitamin D
Parkinson’s Patients More Prone to Vitamin D Deficiency
Parkinson’s disease patients are more likely than healthy people or Alzheimer’s patients to have vitamin D deficiency, say researchers from the Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta.
Vitamin D Guidelines Too Low for Cystic Fibrosis Kids
Existing guidelines for treating vitamin D deficiency in children with cystic fibrosis are too low and put patients at high risk for bone loss and rickets, a new study says.
So there’s a bit of lukewarm positive vitamin D news out there. The headline in yesterdays news is that pediatricians have doubled vitamin D recommendations.
They’ve gone from recommending 200 IU’s up to a whopping (cough) 400 IU’s. Although this can’t be denied as making progress, it certainly doesn’t help the huge percentage of kids who are currently vitamin D deficient. From what we’ve seen in our clinic, 400 IU’s won’t come close to treating a person who already has abnormally low vitamin D levels. You’ve got to use a much stronger dose to fill the empty vitamin D gas tank first! Then, once you have them in the mid-range of normal, it takes the average person about 5,000 IU’s daily to maintain it.
I’m hoping that this study will inspire even more physicians to obtain baseline levels on all of their patients, followed up by the all important re-checking to see if the treatment is working!
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Here’s a good article for you to review
Vitamin D a key player in overall health of several body organs, says UC Riverside biochemist
A quote from the researcher, Anthony Norman:
“It is becoming increasingly clear to researchers in the field that vitamin D is strongly linked to several diseases,” said Norman, a distinguished professor emeritus of biochemistry and of biomedical sciences who has worked on vitamin D for more than 45 years. “Its biological sphere of influence is much broader than we originally thought. The nutritional guidelines for vitamin D intake must be carefully reevaluated to determine the adequate intake, balancing sunlight exposure with dietary intake, to achieve good health by involving all 36 target organs.”
A lack of vitamin D has long been linked to depression, but researchers believe it may contribute to psychiatric conditions such as personality disorders and post-traumatic stress disorder. Read more:
Here are the results of a new vitamin D study - Oral Vitamin D for skin infections
A study has warned that psychiatric patients are vulnerable to vitamin D deficiency.
This could in turn put them at risk of serious health problems, including osteoporosis, muscle pain, or weakness.
