- Menopause Is Different for Women of Color
- 7 related studies for Dark-Skinned women
- Vitamin D Life - 10 studies in both categories Dark Skin and Women
- Vitamin D Life – Overview Dark Skin and Vitamin D contains
- Vitamin D Life – Skin - Dark contains
- Vitamin D Life – (Blacks die more often than whites of many diseases (they have less vitamin D) – 2012 contains:
Menopause Is Different for Women of Color
New York Times vitamin D is not mentioned
7 related studies for Dark-Skinned women
- Risk of early menopause reduced 17 percent by a modest amount of vitamin D – May 2017
- Poor menstrual cycles 2X more likely if poor vitamin D levels - many studies
- Age of menopause increases if add vitamin D or UVB
- Early menarche, miscarriage and stillbirth are associated with heart disease (all are associated with low Vitamin D) – Jan 2018
- Dark skin pregnancies and Vitamin D - many studies
- Sleep fragmentation 2X worse in UK senior women having dark skins – Jan 2019
- Dark skin pregnancies and Vitamin D - many studies
- Does the High Prevalence of Vitamin D Deficiency in African Americans Contribute to Health Disparities? - Feb 2021 https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13020499 FREE PDF
Vitamin D Life - 10 studies in both categories Dark Skin and Women
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- Menopause is earlier in black women (low vitamin D) - Aug 2023
- Immune systems of overweight black women improved by monthly 60,000 IU Vitamin D – RCT Oct 2022
- Vitality recaptured with Vitamin D (stories of Swedish immigrant women in this case) – Dec 2019
- Pregnant while black increases chance of death – mothers 3X, infants 2X (low Vitamin D) – Feb 2019
- Urgency Urinary Incontinence in senior black women decreased 40 percent by weekly 50,000 IU vitamin D – RCT Dec 2018
- Breast cancer in blacks – 5X increased risk of triple negative if low vitamin D – Oct 2017
- Malay women 14 X more likely to be Vitamin D deficient than Chinese in Malay – July 2017
- CDC vitamin D statistics for women: including blacks and high BMI – March 2012
- Dark skin pregnancies and Vitamin D - many studies
- Vitamin D levels dropped after training for white, but not black females April 2010
Vitamin D Life – Overview Dark Skin and Vitamin D contains
FACT - - People with dark skins have more health problems and higher mortality rate than those with light skins
FACT - - People with dark skins have low levels of vitamin D
FACT - - People with light skins who have low vitamin D have health problems
OBSERVATION - - The health problems of whites with low level of vitamin D are similar to those with dark skins
CONCLUSION - - People with dark skins have more health problems due to low levels of vitamin D
African American Health Disparities are associated with low Vitamin D - Grant Feb 2021
Low Vitamin D increases health problems - independent of skin color
Vitamin D Life – Skin - Dark contains
463 items below see also Overview Dark Skin and Vitamin D, Dark skin pregnancies and Vitamin D - many studies, High Risk, "Sickle Cell" Dark Skin studies : Pregnancy (28 ), Genetics (13 ), Vitamin D Binding Protein (8 ), Vitamin D Receptor (7 ), Diabetes (24 ), Cardiovascular (18 ), Mortality (12 )Vitamin D Life – (Blacks die more often than whites of many diseases (they have less vitamin D) – 2012 contains:
Cancer Facts & Figures for African Americans Cancer.org
- “African Americans have the highest death rate and shortest survival of any racial and ethnic group in the US for most cancers”
- Has a huge number of tables and charts, Note: Vitamin D is not mentioned
Leading Causes of Death as of March 2018
| All Ages Death rate | Black | White | Ratio |
| Heart diseases | 217 | 171 | 1.27 |
| Cancer | 199 | 170 | 1.17 |
| Cerebrovascular diseases | 51 | 36 | 1.4 |
| Diabetes | 40 | 19 | 2.0 |
Rates per 100,000 Age adjusted Non-Hispanic