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Common cold incidence reduced by two thirds (500 IU for IBD with low vitamin D) – RCT Jan 2019

Randomized Trial of Vitamin D Supplementation to Prevent Seasonal Influenza and Upper Respiratory Infection in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, izy346, https://doi.org/10.1093/ibd/izy346
Seiji Arihiro, MD, PhD Akio Nakashima, MD, PhD Mika Matsuoka, MD, PhD Satoshi Suto, MD, PhD Kan Uchiyama, MD, PhD Tomohiro Kato, MD, PhD Jimi Mitobe, MD, PhD Nobuhiko Komoike, MD, PhD Munenori Itagaki, MD, PhD Yoshinari Miyakawa, MD, PhD ..

VitaminDWiki

Can anticipate far better cold reduction if
1) Use more Vitamin D - such as 4,000 IU
2) Use a gut-friendly form of Vitamin D - which is far more bioavailable to people with gut problems

Influenza

Flu has the following

Vitamin D fights all phases of Influenza


Overview Gut and vitamin D contains gut-friendly information

Gut-friendly, Sublingual, injection, topical, UV, sunshine

Getting Vitamin D into your body has the following chart
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Getting Vitamin D into your body also has the following
If poorly functioning gut
Bio-D-Mulsion Forte – especially made for those with poorly functioning guts, or perhaps lacking gallbladder
Sublingual – goes directly into the bloodstream
   you can make your own sublingual by dissolving Vitamin D in water or use nano form
Oil: 1 drop typically contains 400 IU, 1,000 IU, or 4,000 IU, typically not taste good
Topical – goes directly into the bloodstream. Put oil on your skin, Use Aloe vera cream with Vitamin D, or make your own
Vaginal – goes directly into the bloodstream. Prescription-only?
Bio-Tech might be usefulit is also water-soluble
Vitamin D sprayed inside cheeks (buccal spray) - several studies
    and, those people with malabsorption problems had a larger response to spray
Inject Vitamin D quarterly into muscle, into vein, or perhaps into body cavity if quickly needed
Nanoparticles could be used to increase vitamin D getting to the gut – Oct 2015
Poor guts need different forms of vitamin D has the following
Guesses of Vitamin D response if poor gut

Bio FormSpeedDuration
10Injection ($$$)
or Calcidiol or Calcitriol
D - Slow
C -Fast
Long
10 Sun/UVBSlowLong
10Topical
(skin patch/cream, vagina)
Slow
Fast nano
Normal
9Nanoemulsion -mucosal
perhaps activates VDR
FastNormal
9?Inhaled (future)FastNormal
8Bio-D-Mulsion ForteNormalNormal
6Water soluble (Bio-Tech)NormalNormal
4Sublingual/spray
(some goes into gut)
FastNormal
3Coconut oil basedSlowNormal
2Food (salmon etc.)SlowNormal
2Olive oil based (majority)SlowNormal

10= best bioavailable, 0 = worst, guesses have a range of +-2
Speed: Fast ~2-6 hours, Slow ~10-30 hours
Duration: Long ~3-6 months, Normal = ~2 months


Background
We evaluated whether oral vitamin D supplementation during the winter and early spring reduces the incidence of influenza and upper respiratory infections in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

Methods
A randomized, double-blind, controlled trial was conducted to compare the effects of vitamin D supplementation (500 IU/day) and a placebo. The primary outcome was the incidence of influenza; the secondary outcome was the incidence of upper respiratory infection. Prespecified subgroup analyses were performed according to 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-OHD) levels (low <20 ng/mL or high ≥20 ng/mL) and whether ulcerative colitis (UC) or Crohn’s disease (CD) was present. We also used the Lichtiger clinical activity index for patients with UC and the Crohn’s Disease Activity Index (CDAI) for patients with CD before and after interventions.

Results
We included 223 patients with IBD and randomized them into 2 groups: vitamin D supplementation (n = 108) and placebo (n = 115). The incidence of influenza did not differ between the groups. However, the incidence of upper respiratory infection was significantly lower in the vitamin D group (relative risk [RR], 0.59; 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.35–0.98; P = 0.042). This effect was enhanced in the low 25-OHD level subgroup (RR, 0.36; 95% CI, 0.14–0.90; P = 0.02). With respect to adverse events, the Lichtiger clinical activity index score was significantly worse in the vitamin D group (P = 0.002) and remained significant only in the high 25-OHD level subgroup.

Conclusions
Vitamin D supplementation may have a preventative effect against upper respiratory infection in patients with IBD but may worsen the symptoms of UC.


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