By Dr. Davis | January 8, 2015 If you want type 2 diabetes , follow conventional advice to cut fat and eat more “healthy whole grains.” (This is also true for type 1 diabetes in susceptible individuals with pancreatic beta cell autoimmunity triggered by wheat gliadin or corn zein.) But what if you don’t want to […]
What is vitamin D’s role in multiple sclerosis? Four experts gave us their thoughts: Nancy L. Sicotte, MD, of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles; Peter Riskind, MD, PhD, of University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, Mass.; Aaron Miller, MD, of the Icahn School of Medicine and Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York City; […]
Beth Skwarecki December 04, 2014 Story Source Vitamin D supplementation prevented moderate to severe exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in patients with vitamin D deficiency in a multicenter, double-blind, randomized controlled trial. The results werepublished online December 2 in the Lancet. “Contrary to expectation, we did not find evidence that vitamin D3 prevented upper respiratory infections, either in […]
Megan Brooks November 20, 2014 Story Source A new study supports a link between low levels of vitamin D and increased risk for cognitive decline, prompting calls for clinical trials to test whether vitamin D supplementation may delay or prevent dementia. In a group of cognitively intact older adults, serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) levels below […]
Impact of serum vitamin D level on risk of bladder cancer: A systemic review and meta-analysis Tumor Biology, 11/12/2014 Evidence Based Medicine Review Article Liao Y, et al. – In this study, authors want to explore the impact of serum vitamin D level on risk of bladder cancer. The findings from the meta–analysis suggest an […]
Vitamin D Deficiency Is Associated with Progression of Knee Osteoarthritis Fang Fang Zhang First published October 1, 2014, doi: 10.3945/jn.114.193227 J. Nutr. December 1, 2014 jn.114.193227 Abstract Background: Knee osteoarthritis (OA) causes functional limitation and disability in the elderly. Vitamin D has biological functions on multiple knee joint structures and can play important roles in […]
Blood Press Monit. 2014 Oct 27. [Epub ahead of print] The effect of vitamin D supplementation on blood pressure in patients with elevated blood pressure and vitamin D deficiency: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Mozaffari-Khosravi H, Loloei S, Mirjalili MR, Barzegar K. Abstract OBJECTIVES: The present evidence indicates a reverse correlation between vitamin D status […]
Date: October 22, 2014 Source: University of Colorado Denver Summary: A new study offers compelling evidence that inflammation may be the link between vitamin D and prostate cancer. Specifically, the study shows that the gene GDF-15, known to be upregulated by vitamin D, is notably absent in samples of human prostate cancer driven by inflammation. […]
Determinants of vitamin D status in caucasian adults: Influence of sun exposure, dietary intake, sociodemographic, lifestyle, anthropometric, and genetic factors Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 10/21/2014 Clinical Article Touvier M, et al. – The objective was to investigate the associations between all these parameters and vitamin D status in a large sample of French adults. This […]
Alok A. Khorana, MDDisclosures October 20, 2014 Calcium, Vitamin D, Dairy Products, and Mortality Among Colorectal Cancer Survivors: The Cancer Prevention Study-II Nutrition Cohort Yang B, McCullough ML, Gapstur SM, et al J Clin Oncol. 2014;32:2335-2343 Study Summary Diet and lifestyle changes may play an important role in cancer pathogenesis. Yang and fellow American Cancer […]
Novel Intervention May Reverse Alzheimer’s Memory Loss Pam HarrisonStory Source October 03, 2014 A novel, comprehensive lifestyle intervention has shown promise in reversing memory loss related to Alzheimer’s disease (AD), preliminary research suggests. According to investigators, this novel intervention is aimed at “tweaking” the network of imbalances in the brain that contribute to cognitive decline. “We’ve been […]
Vitamin D Supplements May Help To Alleviate Winter-Related Atopic Dermatitis in Children First Posted: Oct 03, 2014 05:16 PM EDT By Kathleen Lees Some children suffer from winter-related atopic dermatitis–a chronic inflammatory disorder of the skin that makes victims uncomfortable and more prone to a vulnerable bacterial infection. Now, recent findings published in the Journal […]
Hypertension, 09/26/2014 Clinical Article Scragg R, et al. – This study aims to determine whether long–term high–dose vitamin D taken for 18 months lowers BP. Long–term vitamin D supplementation, which increased mean 25–hydroxyvitamin D3 concentration >100 nmol/L for 18 months, had no effect on systolic or diastolic BP in predominantly white, healthy adults without severe […]
Ronald Grisanti D.C., D.A.B.C.O., D.A.C.B.N., M.S. Story Source After consulting with hundreds of patients, I am seeing a scary pattern that I want to bring to your attention. The concern is the combination of rock bottom intracellular magnesium “and” low vitamin D levels. It is important to know that if you have a low vitamin […]
RESEARCH · September 25, 2014 TAKE-HOME MESSAGE In this double-blind trial, patients were either given vitamin D3 supplementation or placebo for 16 weeks to determine whether the vitamin D3 affected musculoskeletal pain or headache. Of the 251 initial participants, 215 completed the follow-up visit. A total of 63% of patients reported headache within the last […]
Thomas L. Lenz, PharmD, MA, PAPHSDisclosures Am J Lifestyle Med. 2009;3(5):365-368. ABSTRACT AND INTRODUCTION Abstract It is estimated that approximately 1 billion people worldwide have blood concentrations of vitamin D that are considered suboptimal. Much research has been conducted over the past 30 years linking low vitamin D serum concentrations to both skeletal and nonskeletal […]
Circulation. 2014 Sep 16;130(12):976-86. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.114.010650. Epub 2014 Jul 11. Vitamin D promotes vascular regeneration. Wong MS Abstract BACKGROUND: Vitamin D deficiency in humans is frequent and has been associated with inflammation. The role of the active hormone 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol (1,25-dihydroxy-vitamin D3; 1,25-VitD3) in the cardiovascular system is controversial. High doses induce vascular calcification; vitamin D3 deficiency, […]
Nancy A. Melville September 15, 2014 HOUSTON — Women who maintain high vitamin-D levels throughout menopause have a more than 40% reduced risk for fracture during the transition than those whose levels are lower, according to new research presented here at the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) 2014 annual meeting. “Women at midlife with higher […]
ScienceDaily Date: August 15, 2014 Source: Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Summary: Patients with low blood levels of vitamin D are at increased risk of death and serious complications after noncardiac surgery, suggests a study. The researchers analyzed the relationship between vitamin D level and surgical outcomes in approximately 3,500 patients who underwent […]