Prevent Diseases with Vitamin D
Prevent Diseases with Vitamin D
Prevent Diseases with Vitamin D
Within recent months, it has been reported in the news in Canadaabout the discovery of the grave importance of Vitamin D to our health.
The findings of a study was recently released, which establish that over thirty seven thousand lives a year would be spared if the daily intake of vitamin D was simply increased by more Canadians.The study was funded by a non-profit group devoted to raising the awareness of the vitamin.
Many diseases would be decreased if vitamin D levels in the blood were increased. These diseases include multiple sclerosis, cancer, cardiovascular diseases and pneumonia.
Canadas health system would also be saved a whopping fourteen and a half billion dollars, if Canadians would increase their intake of Vitamin D.
Enough Vitamin D is just not stored in the bodies of most Canadians, the study noted. The ordinary Canadian has about 67nanomoles per litre of the vitamin in their bloodstream. This was revealed from blood calcidiol tests.
Statistics revealed that about ten percent of Canadians had deficient levels of the vitamin in their blood stream. This was defined as concentrations below 37.5 nmol/L. Statistics Canada reported this as late as the middle of this year.
Institutes of Medicine are presently taking a second look at those standards set in 1997.
Concentrations above 75nmol/L have recently been proposed for optimal health. Using that threshold, the StatsCan study found only one-third of the population (33 per cent of males and 37.8 per cent of females) had optimal levels.
For this up-to-date study, the researchers say in order to achieve significant disease reductions, Canadians would need to increase their levels to 105 nanomoles per litre. They estimate that among Canadians aged six to 79, only 10 per cent are at, or above, that level
The study estimates that the benefits of increased vitamin D levels would include:
* Cancer rates would decrease by 25% if Vitamin D levels increased from 75 to 105 nmol/L
* lowered risk of cardiovascular disease by 25 per cent if levels are increased from 62.5 to 105 nmol/L
* Insulin sensitivity would be increased by 60% if Vitamin D levels were increased from 25 to 75nmol/L
* reduced risk of developing multiple sclerosis and reduced symptoms in those already diagnosed
* The risk of pneumonia would be reduced by 30% because of the reduction of cytokine storm response following respiratory infections.
* The risk of a cesarian section can be reduced by 50% because of the strengthening of the uterine muscles.
* improved fetal growth
Willliam B. Grant, the primary author of the study, said that the results of the study strongly intimates that if vitamin D levels are increased , the personal and economical burden of the disease in Canada could be greatly reduced. MolecularNutrition & Food Research carried the study done by Grant.
"These results should increase interest by individuals, researchers, organizations and agencies in Canada in assessing the health benefits of higher vitamin D production and intake."
The sun is the best source for vitamin D, but because of the climate in Canada, most Canadians can't produce vitamin D from the sun for as long as six months of the year. Because diet alone cannot provide enough vitamin D, most experts now recommend supplements and sensible sun exposure when imaginable.
The report ,however, did not indicate how much Vitamin D one would have to ingest to reach the optimal levels recommended.
because darker skinned people absorb less from the sun than those with lighter skins, the amount needed would vary from one to another.
It was recommended by the Canadian Cancer Society that Canadian adults should take 1,000 IU of the vitamin during fall and winter, providing that they do get a good supply of sunshine in summer. It is suggested ,however,that those with darker skin, the old, and those that do not go out into the sunshine in summer, should take i,oooIU all the year round
Dr. Susan J Whiting of the University of Saskatchewan indicated that the study clearly shows that Canadians need to find out what their Vitamin D blood levels are, so that they can take the necessary steps to improve their health and so downplay the disease risks.
Canadian experts at the Institute of Medicine are currently involved on setting new dietary reference intakes for Vitamin D. A report is expected by the fall of 2010.
Because of the many adverse health conditions linked to Vitamin D deficiency, this study was funded by the Vitamin D Society, a Canadian non-profit group that sought-after(a) to increase the awareness of this problem affecting all Canadians and people worldwide who do not get enough sunshine daily.
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