A vitamin D deficiency means you don't have enough of this vitamin in your body. You need vitamin D to grow and maintain your bones. You could be at risk for deficiency if you don't get enough sunlight on your skin, you have a disorder that reduces your body's ability to absorb it...
Note that several members of the IOM committee publicly stated that over screening for vitamin D deficiency was a problem which typically resulted in unnecessary treatment. They were not in agreement with a cut-off level of 20 ng/ml for deficiency and recommended a lower level of 12.5 ng/ml....
Vitamin D Deficiency: Prescription for a Tan?of vitamin D deficiency in the elderly popula- tion is currently being evaluated, but it is believed to be a major health-care problem, resulting in significant morbidity.
Treatment for vitamin D deficiency involves obtaining more vitamin D through supplements, diet, or exposure to sunlight. Vitamins and Calcium Supplements Vitamins are organic substances that are essential for the proper growth and functioning of the body. Calcium is a mineral essential for healthy ...
Vitamin D as ergocalciferol (vitamin D2) is found in some plants and in salmon, sardines, mackerel, tuna, cod liver oil, shiitake mushrooms, egg yolk, and fortified foods.(Kulie 2009, NIH 2021, Sage 2010) Deficiency may result from decreased absorption (as in cystic fibrosis or celiac ...
Also, vitamin D3 deficiency is responsible for most autoimmune diseases. Be sure that you test your 25(OH)D3 levels. The level, if you are in a disease state, should be high normal in the normal range of 30 to 100 ng/ml (suggest 80 +/- 10 ng/ml). –Mark Pegram ...
Our aim was to gather data on oncological patients' medical information and their medical treatment situation regarding vitamin D with the focus on hematological cancer patients at risk for vitamin D deficiency. Material and methods: A questionnaire was provided online for members of the German ...
They have gone as far as passing a law that says nothing but drugs can be used for purposes of healing, treating, curing, and preventing disease. I find this extremely amazing as this one law totally ties the hands of doctors in their toolbox of treatment. It was however agreed to becau...
Because many patients are already choosing to supplement vitamin D or have already been prescribed this treatment, designing a protocol that allows for inclusion of these individuals may be beneficial for recruitment. A recent Canadian study found that while the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in ...
. Patients with obesity are also susceptible to vitamin D deficiency as vitamin D derived from intestinal absorption and cutaneous synthesis is diluted in a larger body pool of fat. Now a new study demonstrates 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 is an effective treatment for vitamin D deficiency for these ...