Vitamin D levels in Alaska are decreasing – does less fish mean less health
A Brief Overview on Vitamin D for Alaska Health Care Providers
State of Alaska Epidemiology Bulletin, 15 pages of text, 9 pages of references
A few highlights
Decreased fish in diet recently, especially among youth
Decreased vitamin D levels in youth
Decreased vitamin D levels for pregnancy and breastfeeding
Increased rickets
* 744 IU vitamin D needed by Northern white teens to prevent Rickets – Jan 2011* Alaskan Resolutions to increase vitamin D* Eskimos evolved to get and limit Vitamin D from food* Half a billion people live with little vitamin D from the sun – Dec 2016* People with no UV for 6 months in the winter need at least 2000 IU of vitamin D – April 2011 not mentioned by publication on this page* Suggest more vitamin D above the Arctic Circle – May 2013* Alaskan natives now eat far less fish and have far lower levels of vitamin D – July 2016* published a year before the publication on this page, has the following chart