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- Aging leads to a decrease of vitamin D getting to cells
- Poor sleep associated with low vitamin D (again)
- Rheumatoid Arthritis nicely treated by Vitamin D (300,000 IU loading dose)
- Canadian grant funding lost for prescribing 50,000 IU of vitamin D
- Cervical lesions (precancerous, identified by pap smear) treated by bi-weekly 50,000 IU of vitamin D – RCT
- Death within 2 years of surviving an ischemic stroke 10X less likely if high vitamin D
- More fat in liver associated with lower vitamin D
- 1,000 IU of Vitamin D while pregnant helped a little bit (4,000 IU helps a lot) – RCT
- Asthmatic children taking Corticosteroids had 2X more vitamin D intake, but lower levels
- Malay women 14 X more likely to be Vitamin D deficient than Chinese in Malay
- Multiple Sclerosis risk of relapse reduced by 13 percent for every 2.5 ng higher level of vitamin D (under age 37)
- Chronic Kidney Disease mortality is 60 percent less likely if good vitamin D – meta-analysis
- Vitamin D response time is 3-6 months, not much benefit in first 4 months – RCT
- Breast Density and Cancer not reduced by Vitamin D (only used 3,000 IU) - RCT
- Preeclampsia recurrence reduced 2 X by 50,000 IU of vitamin D every two weeks – RCT
- Preeclampsia is not reduced by vitamin D (if you ignore vitamin D level, dose size, frequency and duration)
- Causes of Death - Vitamin D reduces 10 of the top 11
- Role of Vitamin D in the Pathogenesis of Diabetes – Holick
- Stroke 74% less likely if high vitamin D (7,295 women 20-50 years old)
- Lung Cancer patients were 2.4 times more likely to have a poor Vitamin D Receptor gene
