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- 2400 IU of Vitamin D is need to get most above 30 nanograms
- Children helped by 2,000 IU of vitamin D, but not RDA amount (600 IU) – RCT
- Falls and vitamin D – another poor study – RCT
- Diabetes helped by daily 4,000 IU of Vitamin D – meta-analysis
- Iodine fortification of Australian bread since 2009 has helped
- Majority of adolescents have far less than optimum vitamin D levels
- Omega-3 found to treat Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s in animals
- More than 5X increase in activation of scores of genes for women with Vitamin D (20,000 IU weekly) RCT
- Cancer and the Vitamin D Receptor, a primer
- Hypertension is more likely in those with darker skins (low vitamin D) 2017
- Omega supplementation helped preemie sensory processing – RCT
- Magnesium in Healthcare (Rickets, Stones, Pregnancy, Depression, etc.) with level of evidence
- Respiratory infection in infant was 7 X more likely if low cord Vitamin D
- Child is 2 X more likely to get influenza if have older sibling (perhaps closely-spaced birth)
- Vitamin D Deficiency Flowchart for UK Primary Care
- Parathyroid Hormone levels increase 63 percent with age (33,000 people)
- 1900 IU provides some increase in Vitamin D in both mother and breast milk
- STD rates are highest if dark skin, and US rates are increasing
- Child 49 percent higher risk of being overweight if preeclampsia during pregnancy
- 400 IU of Vitamin D is too little and annual is too infrequent to prevent falls-fractures (no news) USPSTF
