Calcium and vitamin D in obesity.
Nutr Res Rev. 2012 May 16:1-12.
Song Q, Sergeev IN.
Department of Health and Nutritional Sciences, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD 57007, USA.
New and more effective nutritional measures are urgently needed for the prevention of obesity.
The role of Ca and vitamin D in obesity has been recently implicated.
Low Ca intake and low vitamin D status have been linked with an increased risk of obesity in epidemiological studies;
however, clinical intervention trials designed to test this association have produced controversial results.
The suggested anti-obesity mechanisms of Ca and vitamin D include the regulation of adipocyte death (apoptosis), adipogenesis and lipid metabolism.
Dietary Ca has been also shown to increase faecal fat excretion.
The potential role of Ca and vitamin D in shifting energy balance towards a more negative state is an area of considerable interest.
Ultimately, a review of recent research findings does not allow the reaching of a definitive conclusion that increasing Ca intake and rising vitamin D status will influence fat mass and body weight or decrease the risk of obesity and overweight.
PMID: 22588363
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Previous studies have shown that about 30% of women lose weight with enough Vitamin D is given with Calcium.
Wonder if this study had a similar result.
Wonder about weight loss association with Magnesium and Iodine as well RTF file
See also Vitamin D Life
- Overview Obesity and Vitamin D had the following as of May 2012
OBSERVATION: About 30% of obese quickly lose weight when they take >2000 IU of vitamin D and 750 mg Calcium
Women lose weight, men have not been tested - Weight loss and Vitamin D, Calcium, and Magnesium
- How might Calcium and Vitamin D cause weight loss – Mar 2012