Learn about vitamin D deficiency symptoms, causes, self-care, foods, weight gain and treatment. Depression, thyroid problems, osteoporosis, allergies, and certain cancers have been tied to vitamin D deficiency.
Symptoms of vitamin D deficiency Children who do not get enough vitamin D develop rickets – their bones do not grow and do not harden properly. Luckily, most children do get enough vitamin D in their diet and rickets is very rare today in the West, but it does still occur in developing...
“A lot of clinicians are acting like there is a pandemic” of vitamin D deficiency. There is a pandemic, as in the US alone, Dr. William Grant has shown there are 400 thousand premature deaths just
This vitamin E overview covers the benefits and sources of vitamin E, as well as what it means to have a vitamin E deficiency. Learn all about this important vitamin. By Jennifer Brett, N.D. Benefits of Vitamin E The benefits of vitamin E are numerous. Click here to learn the benefits...
While these updates are abig improvement, many researchers and expertsarguethat the current recommendations for vitamin D intake may still be low given that vitamin D deficiency is widespread across all age groups, regions, and seasons. This is why it’s important to test your vitamin D levels...
Moreover, 29 children (50%) had 25(OH)D < 50 nmol/l (< 20 ng/ml) that is the cut-off recently suggested to diagnose vitamin D deficiency [5,9]. None among the 9 young teens (11-15 years) had a normal value of 25(OH)D and 6 of the 7 children with 25(...
Diseases and conditions cause by vitamin D deficiency: Osteoporosis is commonly caused by a lack of vitamin D, which greatly impairs calcium absorption. Sufficient vitamin D prevents prostate cancer, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, depression, colon cancer and schizophrenia. ...
Its findings suggest that while vitamin E appears to be readily available in the bloodstream of those with metabolic syndrome, it’s not finding its way to the tissues where it’s needed, resulting in a hidden deficiency.More research needs to be done, but these preliminary findings underscore...
Vitamin D deficiency is but one cause of major depression; there are lots of others. However, I now recommend that anyone struggling with depression should take at least 10,000 IU /day with frequent 25(OH)D blood tests to assure levels of at least 100 ng/ml and to monitor for toxicity...
deficiencydiseasemay develop. Vitamins are usually designated by selected letters of the alphabet, as invitamin Dorvitamin C, though they are also designated by chemical names, such asniacinandfolic acid. Biochemists traditionally separate them into two groups, the water-soluble vitamins and the ...