Liver Overview
see also Overview Liver and vitamin D
Search for CIRRHOSIS in Vitamin D Life 435 items Nov 2023
Vitamin D Life pages with NON-ALCOHOLIC or NAFLD in title (22 pages as of July 2022)
Overview Alcohol and Vitamin D
Liver Interventions
- NAFLD and Vitamin D - many studies
 - NAFLD not reduced by 1680 IU of vitamin D plus Omega-3 (no surprise) – RCT Jan 2022
 - 450,000 IU of vitamin D over 9 weeks given to 100,000 teenage Iranian girls helped their livers – Feb 2019
 - NAFLD is treated by Vitamin D, Omega-3, Curcumin, Silymarinm, etc. Aug 2018
 - Alcoholic liver cirrhosis treated by 1,000 IU of vitamin D – July 2018
 - Severe Non-Alcoholic fatty liver disease treated by Omega-3 – RCT April 2018
 - Weekly dosing of vitamin D is far better than single large dose (chronic liver, children) – March 2018
 - NAFLD in children nicely treated by combination of Vitamin D and Omega-3 – RCT Dec 2016
 - Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) treated by Vitamin D (20,000 IU weekly after loading dose) – RCT June 2016
 - Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) reduced somewhat by 50,000 IU vitamin D every 2 weeks – RCT Sept 2014
 - 400,000 IU barely raised liver transplant candidate vitamin D levels (no surprise) – March 2015
 - Vitamin D prevents Hepatitis-C and helps treat it (many studies)
 
Liver Meta-analyses
- NAFLD associated with low vitamin D (in children too) – meta-analysis Aug 2019
 - Hepatitis B patients have 2 ng lower level of Vitamin D – meta-analysis June 2019
 - Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease treated by Omega-3 – three meta-analysis 2016-2017
 - NAFLD weakly associated with low vitamin D – meta-analysis 2013
 
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- NAFLD treated by Vitamin D restoration of gut microbiota – Feb 2023
 - Omega-3 helps NAFLD and other liver problems - July 2023
 - How vitamin D benefits normal organs and Long-COVID organs – Jan 2025
 - Water-soluble form of vitamins are needed for some health problems
 - C15:0 (Fatty15, Pentadecanoic acid) a fatty acid from grass-fed animals may be essential - several studies
 - Liver transplant failure 2.7X more-likely if low vitamin D - Nov 2023
 - Liver Fibrosis (NAFLD) 5X less if not obese and good Vitamin D - Oct 2023
 - NAFLD and Vitamin D - many studies
 - Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: 75 percent of overweight adults and type II diabetics – Aug 2022
 - Low vitamin D during pregnancy increases risk of future health problems (obesity etc.) – May 2022
 - Hepatitis normally rare in children: huge increase after lockdown (Adenovirus, low Vitamin D) - April 2022
 - NAFLD not reduced by 1680 IU of vitamin D plus Omega-3 (no surprise) – RCT Jan 2022
 - Bariatric Surgery lowered risk of severe liver disease (not a surprise) - Nov 2021
 - Vitamin D is one of only 2 ways to easily prevent NAFLD (380,000 people) – Oct 2021
 - NAFLD somewhat treated in children with 2,000 IU Vitamin D daily – RCT Aug 2021
 - Liver transplants in children more likely to be rejected if insufficient vitamin D – Aug 2021
 - Chronic Hepatitis D viral infection 3.6 X more likely if low vitamin D – July 2021
 - Very low Vitamin D levels after Liver transplant in children (need Calcitriol or topical) – May 2021
 - Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) treated by Vitamin D (in rats this time) – Dec 2019
 - Liver Cirrhosis death is 4X more likely if poor Vitamin D Receptor – Sept 2018
 - Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and the Vitamin D Receptor – editorial Sept 2019
 - NAFLD associated with low vitamin D (in children too) – meta-analysis Aug 2019
 - Hepatitis B patients have 2 ng lower level of Vitamin D – meta-analysis June 2019
 - Glyphosate Is Causing Fatty Liver Disease and many other problems - May 2019
 - 450,000 IU of vitamin D over 9 weeks given to 100,000 teenage Iranian girls helped their livers – Feb 2019
 - Vitamin D is sequestered in Fat: total body, adipose, and liver – Dec 2018
 - Hepatitis B virus reduced by 5X the Vitamin D getting to liver cells in the lab – Oct 2018
 - Liver failure in ICU – 2.5X more likely to die in within six months if very low vitamin D – Oct 2018
 - Far fewer health problems from western diet if add Vitamin D (in rats in this study) – May 2018
 - NAFLD is treated by Vitamin D, Omega-3, Curcumin, Silymarinm, etc. Aug 2018
 - Liver associations with vitamin D and genes – Overview April 2018
 - Jaundice of pregnancy (intrahepatic cholestasis ) is associated with low vitamin D – July 2018
 - Alcoholic liver cirrhosis treated by 1,000 IU of vitamin D – July 2018
 - Vitamin D reduces fatty liver problems in rats fed a high fat diet – June 2018
 - Vitamin D and the Liver – Is it Correlation or Cause – April 2018
 - Severe Non-Alcoholic fatty liver disease treated by Omega-3 – RCT April 2018
 - Cadmium liver problem 5 X less likely when vitamin D is greater than 40 ng – April 2018
 - Weekly dosing of vitamin D is far better than single large dose (chronic liver, children) – March 2018
 - Liver, Liver Cancer, and Vitamin D – Feb 2018
 - Off Topic – An egg sandwich might contain very little egg and Choline – Feb 2018
 - Diesel air pollution causes liver problems (and low vitamin D) if low Omega-3 (mice) – Jan 2018
 - Glyphosate and Vitamin D - many studies
 - People with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and low vitamin D have increased high risk of advanced liver fibrosis – Feb 2017
 - More fat in liver associated with lower vitamin D – June 2016
 - NAFLD in children nicely treated by combination of Vitamin D and Omega-3 – RCT Dec 2016
 - Liver transplant needs Vitamin D (actually semi-activated, not regular) – May 2017
 - Loading dose greatly improves subsequent daily Vitamin D if have liver fibrosis – RCT Nov 2016
 - Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease treated by Omega-3 – three meta-analysis 2016-2017
 - Hepatitis B virus and Vitamin D - many studies
 - Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) treated by Vitamin D (20,000 IU weekly after loading dose) – RCT June 2016
 - Cirrhosis in hospital 2.9 X less likely to get need ICU when supplemented with Vitamin K – Nov 2015
 - Cirrhosis infection and death both associated with low vitamin D – June 2015
 - Liver stores 4 months of vitamin D, 48 months of Vit. A, and 60 months of Vit. B-12
 - Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) reduced somewhat by 50,000 IU vitamin D every 2 weeks – RCT Sept 2014
 - Liver Inflammation (NAFLD) is prevented by Vitamin D – review May 2015
 - Role of vitamins in gastrointestinal diseases – review May 2015
 - Alcoholic liver disease 8X more likely among alcoholics if very low vitamin D – May 2015
 - Hepatitis B virus might be treated by Vitamin D – April 2015
 - Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease associated with much lower vitamin D – Aug 2014
 - 400,000 IU barely raised liver transplant candidate vitamin D levels (no surprise) – March 2015
 - Poorly functioning livers do not process vitamin D (Calcidiol is needed) – Sept 2014
 - Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease perhaps due to gut microbiota – Nov 2013
 - Hepatitis C, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and vitamin D deficiency – Dec 2014
 - Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease associated with low vitamin D – independent of BMI – June 2014
 - Children with severe hemophilia – 96 percent had low vitamin D (should not be a surprise) – Dec 2014
 - Increasing vitamin D level in blood failed to decrease Fatty Liver inflammation – RCT Aug 2014
 - Hepatitis B clinical event was 2X more likely if low vitamin D – Oct 2014
 - Vitamin C reduces liver inflammation, which improves vitamin D production – Dec 2014
 - Primary biliary cirrhosis strongly associated with low vitamin D – Nov 2014
 - Autoimmune Hepatitis 8X more likely if low vitamin D – Dec 2014
 - Vitamin D prevents Hepatitis-C and helps treat it (many studies)
 - Liver problems in children associated with 9 ng lower levels of vitamin D – March 2014
 - Hepatitis C drug is extremely expensive, why not try Calcidiol (semi-processed vitamin D) - May 2014
 - Half of obese children had fatty liver and low vitamin D – March 2014
 - Perhaps a sunshine option for chronic liver disease – Nov 2013
 - Fatty liver disease associated with low level of vitamin D – Oct 2013
 - Sarcopenia and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (vitamin D not mentioned) – Sept 2013
 - NAFLD weakly associated with low vitamin D – meta-analysis 2013
 - Fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and the importance of vitamin D – Oct 2012
 - Liver and interactions with vitamin D deficiency - Review July 2013
 - Fatty liver disease (NAFLD), metabolic syndrome, and perhaps vitamin D – June 2013
 - Vitamin D Deficiency May Help Spread of Hepatitis B Throughout Liver – May 2013
 - Infants who have iron deficiency anemia are 4X more likely to be vitamin D deficient – March 2013
 - Important interactions between the liver and vitamin D – May 2013
 - Iron deficiency is a cause of Vitamin D deficiency
 - Advanced liver cirrhosis death 6.3X more likely if extremely low vitamin D – Jan 2013
 - The worse the chronic liver disease, the lower the vitamin D level – Review Dec 2012
 - Liver
 - Vitamin D intervention stopped bone loss in those mice getting too much alcohol – Aug 2012
 - Death due to liver problems was 4X more probable with low levels of vitamin D – May 2012
 - Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (4 in 10 seniors) and Vitamin D
 - Calcidiol may be 5X more effective than Vitamin D3 – June 2012
 - Overview Liver and vitamin D
 - Strong association of non alcoholic fatty liver disease and low vitamin D
 - Heart transplant 19 ng vitamin D vs liver transplant 13 ng – April 2009
 - Liver injury associated with low level of vitamin D – April 2011
 - Alcoholics with low vitamin D get more bone fractures -Jan 2011
 - Vitamin D helps organ transplant - many studies
 - Vitamin D Deficiency and Liver Disease – Aug 2010
 - Alcoholics have osteoporosis – Nov 2010
 - Oral vitamin D is effective in chronic liver disease. – Aug 2010
 - Low vitamin D associated with hemodialysis problems – May 2010
 - China has documented that less UV results in more cancer – June 2010
 
 
Liver has more than 11 associations to other Vitamin D Life categories
Summary of Associations
| Associated category | Associations | 
|---|---|
Results
12 pages in both categories: Liver + Virus
12 pages in both categories: Liver + Intervention
4 pages in both categories: Liver + Intervention - non daily
3 pages in both categories: Liver + Osteoporosis
| Page | Hits | Categories | Major change | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Alcoholics with low vitamin D get more bone fractures -Jan 2011 | Liver, Osteoporosis | 01 Nov, 2016 | |
| Vitamin D intervention stopped bone loss in those mice getting too much alcohol – Aug 2012 | Liver, Osteoporosis | 31 Jul, 2013 | |
| Alcoholics have osteoporosis – Nov 2010 | Liver, Osteoporosis | 31 Jul, 2013 | 
10 pages in both categories: Liver + Obesity
3 pages in both categories: Liver + Trauma and surgery
3 pages in both categories: Liver + Diabetes
8 pages in both categories: Liver + Vitamin D and Omega-3
3 pages in both categories: Liver + Calcidiol
3 pages in both categories: Liver + Cardiovascular
3 pages in both categories: Liver + Metabolic Syndrome
4 pages in both categories: Liver + Top news
| Page | Hits | Categories | Major change | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Strong association of non alcoholic fatty liver disease and low vitamin D | Liver, Top news | 28 Oct, 2020 | |
| More fat in liver associated with lower vitamin D – June 2016 | Liver, Top news | 20 Jul, 2017 | |
| Fatty liver disease associated with low level of vitamin D – Oct 2013 | Liver, Top news | 20 Jul, 2017 | |
| Important interactions between the liver and vitamin D – May 2013 | Liver, Top news | 24 Mar, 2014 | 
3 pages in both categories: Liver + Category
| Page | Hits | Categories | Major change | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Glyphosate and Vitamin D - many studies | Liver, Category , Glyphosate | 29 Dec, 2022 | |
| Liver | Liver, Category , Associations | 12 May, 2022 | |
| Iron deficiency is a cause of Vitamin D deficiency | Liver, Vitamin D and Iron, Category | 05 Jan, 2017 | 
5 pages in both categories: Liver + Vitamin D Receptor
8 pages in both categories: Liver + Infant-Child
3 pages in both categories: Liver + Kidney
| Page | Hits | Categories | Major change | 
|---|---|---|---|
| How vitamin D benefits normal organs and Long-COVID organs – Jan 2025 | Cardiovascular, Liver, Kidney, Gut, Cognitive, Virus | 12 Dec, 2024 | |
| Vitamin D helps organ transplant - many studies | Cardiovascular, Liver, Kidney, Trauma and surgery | 30 Nov, 2023 | |
| Low vitamin D associated with hemodialysis problems – May 2010 | Liver, Kidney | 13 Mar, 2017 | 
3 pages in both categories: Liver + Gut
3 pages in both categories: Liver + Loading dose for Vitamin D
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