- High level of vitamin D/UV reduces the risk of many gut problems
- Many gut problems result in less absorption of Vitamin D & Magnesium . . .
Not restoring Vitamin D levels increases the risk of many other diseases - Increasing Vitamin D reduces many inflammations - incude those of the gut
- Several companies make gut-friendly forms of vitamin D
- There are
169 items in the Gut category in Vitamin D Life
(more GUT information below)Learn how Vitamin D is essential for good health
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Raising your Vit D levels will substantially prevent other low-Vit D health problems
Often your specific health problem will also be treatedSummary
- Gut problems result in reduced absorption of Vitamin D, Magnesium, etc.
- Celiac disease has a strong genetic component.
- Most, but not all, people with celiac disease have a gene variant.
- An adequate level vitamin D seems to decrease the probability of getting celiac disease.
- Celiac disease causes poor absorption of nutrients such as vitamin D.
- Bringing the blood level of vitamin D back to normal in patients with celiac disease decreases symptoms.
- The prevalence of celiac disease, not just its diagnosis, has increased 4X in the past 30 years, similar to the increase in Vitamin D deficiency.
- Review in Nov 2013 found that Vitamin D helped
Many intervention clinical trials with vitamin D for Gut problems (101 trials listed as of Sept 2019) - All items in category gut and vitamin D
169 items - There are many ways to get vitamin D to people with poor guts
There is a low-cost form of vitamin D designed for use with gut problems
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- "Ulcerative Colitis" OR UC 290 items March 2017
- "celiac disease" OR CD 2030 items Jan 2019
- "inflammatory bowel disease" OR "inflammatory bowel symptom" 554 as of Feb 2018
- diverticulitis 21 items as of Feb 2018
- Crohn's 1230 items as of Feb 2019
- IBD in Canadian children increasing 7% per year - Nov 2016
- Crohn’s disease helped when vitamin D level raised above 30 ng – RCT Feb 2015
- Crohn’s helped by 5000 IU vitamin D – April 2013
- Crohn’s disease deficient in vitamin K – IBD deficient in vitamins K and D – April 2011
- 88 percent of Intestinal failures had both low vitamin D and low bone density – Feb 2013
- Vitamin D might reduce military costs for UC and CD – June 2011
- All items in category gut and vitamin D
169 items - Gut doctors becoming aware of importance of vitamin D – May 2012
Many items in the journal Gut and the Journal of Crohn's and Colitis Spring 2012- Ulcerative colitis associated with both low Vitamin D and poor Vitamin D Receptors – Oct 2016
- Ulcerative Colitis relapse 25 percent more likely if vitamin D level is lower than 35 ng – June 2016
- Antibiotics and Vitamin D are associated with many of the same diseases
- Inflammatory bowel diseases treated with vitamin D – Review May 2014
- IBD more likely in areas with low UV ( and thus low vitamin D) – June 2014
- Inflammatory bowel diseases are helped by vitamin D – commissioned review Nov 2013
- Gut problems associated with low vitamin D – invited review Dec 2015
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome - can it be treated by 3000 IU of vitamin D - RCT Feb 2014
- Better response to Inflammatory Bowel Disease drug if more than 30 ng of vitamin D – March 2014
- Gut microbiome massively changed by high dose vitamin D – July 2015
- Vitamin D injection is far better than oral for diabetics (poor gut) – RCT March 2017
- Inflammatory diseases: review of vitamin D, with many tables – May 2014 which has a summary table
87% of eating disorders got worse with COVID-19 - Aug 2020
Exploring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and UK lockdown on individuals with experience of eating disorders
UK study, FREE PDFCeliac disease is the most common genetic disease in Europe.
In Italy about 1 in 250 people and in Ireland about 1 in 300 people have celiac disease.
from http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/c/celiac_disease/prevalence.htmMany gut diseases will do better with gut-friendly forms of Vitamin D
Gut-friendly, Sublingual, injection, topical, UV, sunshineGetting Vitamin D into your body has the following chart
Getting Vitamin D into your body also has the following
If poorly functioning gut
Bio-D-Mulsion Forte – especially made for those with poorly functioning guts, or perhaps lacking gallbladder
Sublingual – goes directly into bloodstream
Oil: 1 drop typically contains 400 IU, 1,000 IU, or 4,000 IU, typically not taste good
Topical – goes directly into bloodstream. Put oil on your skin, Use Aloe vera cream with Vitamin D, or make your own
Vaginal – goes directly into bloodstream. Prescription only?
Bio-Tech might be useful – it is also water soluble
Vitamin D sprayed inside cheeks 2X more response (poor gut) – RCT Oct 2015
and, those people with malabsorption problems had a larger response to spray
Inject Vitamin D quarterly into muscle, into vein, or perhaps into body cavity if quickly needed
Nanoparticles could be used to increase vitamin D getting to the gut – Oct 2015
Poor guts need different forms of vitamin D has the following
Guesses of Vitamin D response if poor gutBio Form Speed Duration 10 Injection ($$$)
or Calcidiol or CalcitriolD - Slow
C -FastLong 10 Sun/UVB Slow Long 10 Topical
(skin patch/cream, vagina)Slow
Fast nanoNormal 9 Nanoemulsion -mucosal
perhaps activates VDRFast Normal 9? Inhaled (future) Fast Normal 8 Bio-D-Mulsion Forte Normal Normal 6 Water soluble (Bio-Tech) Normal Normal 4 Sublingual/spray
(some goes into gut)Fast Normal 3 Coconut oil based Slow Normal 2 Food (salmon etc.) Slow Normal 2 Olive oil based (majority) Slow Normal 10= best bioavailable, 0 = worst, guesses have a range of +-2
Speed: Fast ~2-6 hours, Slow ~10-30 hours
Duration: Long ~3-6 months, Normal = ~2 monthsSee also web
- 65% of GIRD in children elminated by removing cows milk from diet - even thou they were not "allergic to the milk
- Michael Greger July 2019 text and 5 minute video
- https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04225819?sfpd_s=12%2F30%2F2019&sfpd_d=14Clinical trial starting in 2020 giving Vitamin D (10,000 IU) for 14 weeks
- Doomed to fail. People with poor guts need gut-friendly form of Vitamin D
- Vitamin D Insufficiency Linked to Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Sports Injuries Mercola Feb 2018
"About 75 percent of people with IBS have insufficient levels of vitamin D, and about 70 percent report improvement when taking vitamin D supplements" Reference: Jan 2018 $5 to rent the PDF - Vitamin D for Inflammatory Bowel Disease Dr. Greger’ Jan 2017
3 minute video looking at the scientific reasons to believe IBD is associated with low Vitamin D
Includes random controlled trials using increasing dose sizes - 5,000 IU treating most IBD very well - Why Everyone with Celiac Disease Desperately Needs Vitamin D SCD Lifestyle 2012
Vitamin D can stop your intestines from leaking, Vitamin D helps put the fire out - Coeliac Disease has increased 4X in the past 30 years in Clinical Education web UK
- Elderly had 2.5X as much Celiac as the rest of Finnish population
- seems reasonable - elderly have much less vitamin D since generate only 1/3 as much vitamin D from the same amount of sun
- African Americans get Celiac as well long forum discussion
- Search for Gut Clinical Trials with vitamin D INTERVENTION 103 trials listed as of Feb 2018
(gut OR bowel OR Gluten intolerance OR "Celiac Disease" or "Crohn's Disease" OR "Ulcerative Colitis" OR "Inflammatory Bowel Disease") with "vitamin d" intervention - Search for "Crohn's Disease" and vitamin d" intervention 26 trials as of Feb 2018
- IBS Self Help and Support Forum 142 items on vitamin D as of Nov 2016
- ACG clinical guidelines: diagnosis and management of celiac disease. AHRQ May 2013
Mentions Vitamin D and other nutrients in treatment section - Optimal vitamin D levels in Crohn's disease: a review Feb 2015
 Download the PDF from Vitamin D Life - Cannabis Superior To Drugs For Inflammatory Bowel Condition (Crohn's Disease) GreenMedInfo April 2015
RCT with 21 patients, Vitamin D not mentioned, but vitamin D appears to treat the disease, and not just the pain
 Download the PDF from Vitamin D Life - Study links increased dietary zinc intake to reduced risk of Crohn's May 2015
Result of questionaires of 200,000 people - corrected for changes due to Vitamin D, smoking, BMI, etc.
< 8 mg Zinc no change, 8-16 mg daily==> 30% reduction, > 16 mg daily ==> 48% reduction - Cut out FODMAPs, cut out IBS symptoms? Examine.com Dec 2016
FODMAP= "Fermentable, Oligo-saccharides, Di-saccharides, Mono-saccharides, and Polyols."
Less FODMAP in diet ==> less gas; review of a meta-analysis - Why Everyone with Celiac Disease Desperately Needs Vitamin D SCDLifestyle 2012
- Using Essential Oils to Heal the Gut GreenInfo Aug 2017
Nothing about Vitamin D. Oils for Leaky Gut, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, GERD, . . . - Gut Flora - has the following graphic
Celiac Disease is similar to Crohn's Disease in that both decrease vitamin D which can be absorbed in the gut
Celiac Disease may be similar to Crohn's Disease on the following chart
Feb 2014 review of IBD and Vitamin D is attached at the bottom of this page
Review of observational and intervention studies (generally using insignificant 1000 IU of vitamin D)
Vitamin D Council
IBS Vitamin D Council April 2013
Patient introduction to IBD: Vitamin D Council - June 2014- Some researchers think that low vitamin D levels may be a consequence of having IBD because the symptoms may cause you to stay indoors more and eat less.
- However, studies have found that even people who are newly diagnosed with IBD tend to have low vitamin D levels.
This means that low vitamin D levels may be a risk factor for developing IBD - . . it has been shown that there is a difference in the risk of developing IBD based on where you live and the amount of sun exposure you get.
- Small 2013 Crohn’s disease study with 5,000 IU of Vitamin D
All but 1 person had lower disease activity scores and higher quality of life after treatment.
67% of the people went into remission. - Large 2013 IBD study: For every 1 ng/mL increase in vitamin D levels, there was a 6% decrease in risk of colorectal cancer.
How much vitamin D should individuals with Crohn’s disease supplement with? Feb 2018
- ..., Crohn’s disease relapse: 0% for 10,000 IU, 38% for 1,000 IU
on Vitamin D Life Crohn's Disease relapse rate of 3 in 8 with 1,000 IU vs 0 in 12 with 10,000 IU of Vitamin D – RCT Feb 2017
Does Gluten-Free Diet Protect Children with Celiac Disease from Low Bone Density? - Aug 2014
 Download the PDF from Vitamin D Life.
They believe: CD ==> poor absorption ==> low vitamin D ==> low Bone Mineral Density
They conclude that if teen with CD has bone pain should have DXA test of BMD, then might consider giving vitamin D.Poor Vitamin D2 absorption if poor gut - 1987
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5 patients had zero absorption, 2 were OKColon Diseases
Vitamin D levels OK months before Crohn's, but were low only after Crohn's
Crohn's and Colitis infographic
IBS vs IBD
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