Overview of Vitamin D Life

Although researchers, physicians, and clinical nutritionists can't agree completely on dose rates, recommended blood levels, and expected clinical outcomes, there is no question that vitamin D status plays an important role in reducing, preventing, and in some cases, treating a wide range of chronic degenerative medical conditions. The purpose of the Vitamin D Life is to provide a convenient, comprehensive, and authoritative resource to investigate how optimizing vitamin D status may be helpful for you or someone you care about. It's a big subject so we urge you to spend some time exploring and learning about this important nutrient.

Updated 2017

Vitamin D is associated with many health problems

Less sun ==> Less Vitamin D ==> Less Health (chart)

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70 Proofs that Vitamin D prevents or treats the following diseases

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6 times to 55 times more likely to get these health problems

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CLICK HERE for entire 3X to 55X list for more information

Health problem - examples

Alzheimers-Cognition

Overview Alzheimer's-Cognition and Vitamin D has the following summary

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Breast Cancer

Overview Breast Cancer and Vitamin D contains the following summary and sections

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Breathing

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Cardiovascular

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Diabetes

Overview Diabetes and vitamin D appears to be due to a lack of Vitamin D

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Falls and Fractures

Falls and Fractures category contains the following summary

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Kidney

Overview Kidney and vitamin D contains the following summary

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Obesity

Overview Obesity and Vitamin D contains the following summary

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Osteoporosis

Overview Osteoporosis and vitamin D contains the following summary

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Osteoporosis category includes the following

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Pain

Pain - chronic category has the following

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Parkinson’s

Overview Parkinson's and Vitamin D contains the following summary

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Schizophrenia

Overview Schizophrenia and Vitamin D contains the following summary

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Sports

Overview Sports and vitamin D has the following summary

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Groups typically needing more Vitamin D

Seniors need more vitamin D - 10 reasons

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Infants-Child

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Pregnant

Overview Pregnancy and vitamin D

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Darker Skin

• Overview Dark Skin and Vitamin D

• Dark skin pregnancies and Vitamin D - many studies

• Vitamin D deficiency diseases in dark skinned people living far from equator – Meta-analysis Oct 2013

• Forearm fracture 3.5X more often in black children with low levels of vitamin D – Sept 2012

• Extra 4,000 IU daily raised the vitamin D levels of blacks to that of whites – July 2012

• Increased risk of multiple sclerosis risk in African Americans due to genes – June 2013

• Differences in black and non-black mortality and vitamin D – Oct 2012

• Diabetes (Type 1) 14X more likely in dark skin children with low levels of vitamin D – May 2015

Other High Risk Groups

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• 40 percent lower vitamin D level if work other shifts (Italy) – June 2015

• Burka clothing reduces vitamin D levels, which causes pregnancy problems – Oct 2015

• The only supplement NASA gives crews is vitamin D - Sept 2015

• People with health problems lacking noon sun (severe Multiple Sclerosis, etc.) have even lower levels of vitamin D – March 2015

• Intellectually disabled 2X more likely to have low vitamin D (shut-in) – Sept 2014

• 4.7X less likely to feed self in nursing home if vitamin D deficient – Oct 2013

Vitamin D supplementation

Amount of vitamin D needed vs:

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Supplementation from Zika book (July 20, 2016)

Vitamin D Recommendations: based on hundreds of successful Vitamin D studies (with/without pregnancy)

• 4,000 IU daily average minimum amount of Vitamin D
  • Similar dosing is 50,000 IU bi-weekly (Daily is probably slightly better)
  • It is 1/3 the cost and easier to remember than daily dosing.
  • Note: Taking vitamin D also increases chance of pregnancy

• More is needed if likely to have very low levels of vitamin D:

  • 6,000 IU daily average if:

    • having twins or had a recent birth,

    • health problems associated with low vitamin D

    • indoors a lot or avoid the sun

    • dark skin

  • 10,000 IU (50,000 IU every 5th day) if:
    • Obese

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• if diseases run in the family

  • May want to restore levels as quickly as possible with 350,000 IU loading dose
  • during pregnancy, especially if there is the threat of Zika
  • this gets a strong immune system quickly, not with months of delay using a daily maintenance dose

• 50,000 IU daily for 1 week if not pregnant

• 50,000 IU every second day for 2 weeks if pregnant

  • Start ASAP during pregnancy (even before) so as to both avoid Zika and have healthy pregnancy and infant

  • Should use a vitamin D which has no known adverse affects

  • No additives, no oils (30% of oil-based Vit D which restrict vitamin D adsorption)
  • Most people (80%?) can take regular vitamin D capsules
  • Options if:

• Not want to take pills – use liquid Vitamin D or pour vitamin D powder from capsule into food/drink

• Poor gut – several “gut friend” forms are available

• Vegan – several forms of Vitamin D3 are made from plants such as lichen

• Halal, Kosher, etc.

  • Magnesium Cofactor 100+ miligrams of element daily – tell why especially during pregnancy

• Increases the benefits of vitamin D

• Decreases chance of allergic-type reaction to Vitamin D (from ~ 3 in 1000 to 1 in 1000)

  • Omega-3 Cofactor

  • Vitamin K2 cofactor

  • Test for Vitamin D is nice but very expensive ($60) and not really essential

  • Take vitamin D just after evening meal

• about~30% more benefit with evening meal, but most anytime is OK

  • Just concerned about average vitamin D during a 2 week time period
  • 4,000 IU taken daily is virtually identical to 50,000 IU once every two weeks
  • OK to have missed your dose for a few days - just take nissed once all at once.

How often should I take 50,000 IU

How often should I take 50000 IU (1.25 mg) of vitamin D

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10 minutes of sun not enough

No – 10 minutes per day of sun-UVB is NOT enough

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Loading Dose - to get the benefit as soon as possible

Overview Loading of vitamin D contains the following

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Toxicity is rare

Overview Toxicity of vitamin D

Free Vitamin D evaluation service

Free Vitamin D evaluation service had the following questions

Positive answers indicates a possible vitamin D deficiency

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Cofactors are important if you take a lot of vitamin D for a long time

Vitamin D Cofactors in a nutshell

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Genes can restrict Vitamin D from getting to the cells

Even if vitamin D levels are OD (e.g. > 40 nanogram)

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Additional Vitamin D information

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