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Overweight and obese lost 12 lbs with vitamin D in 6 months– RCT May 2015

Reported in Belfast Telegraph

Article does not mention any exercise
Presented at European Congress on Obesity in Prague, Czech Republic
The following was apparently a poster presented May 8:
VITAMIN D SUPPLEMENTATION PROMOTES WEIGHT LOSS AND WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE REDUCTION IN OVERWEIGHT /OBESE ADULTS WITH HYPOVITAMINOSIS D , Vigna L.1, Lonati C.1, Sommaruga D.2, Tirelli A. S.3, Riboldi L.1 Italy
Found email on the internet: luisella.vigna at policlinico.mi.it

400 obese or overweight adults – 6 doses in 6 months

Monthly Dose Weight loss
kg
Weight loss
pounds
Placebo1.2 kg2.6 lb
25,000 IU 3.8 kg8.4 lb
100,000 IU 5.4 kg11.9 lb

VitaminDWiki

Will try to get more information
Can speculate even greater weight loss in a RCT which:

  1. Start with a loading dose - say 50,000 IU daily for the first week
  2. Used a higher dose of vitamin D - perhaps 50,000 IU weekly (= 200,000 IU monthly)
  3. Added 100 mg of Magnesium daily- in the form of Magnesium Chloride
    Magnesium (in the water) can increase the response to a dose of vitamin D
    Perhaps the adults in this study drank hard water (Magnesium)
       That is, perhaps there was something in the water

See also VitaminDWiki

Overview Obesity and Vitamin D contains the following summary

Obese need more Vitamin D
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  • Normal weight     Obese     (50 ng = 125 nanomole)

Click here for 2014 study

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  • Normal weight     Obese     (50 ng = 125 nanomole)

Click here for 2014 study

Overweight and obese lost 12 lbs with vitamin D in 6 months– RCT May 2015        
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