Dr. Grant on vitamin D and mortality in VitaminDWiki

Here are just a few of the papers by Dr. Grant at VitaminDWiki

Vitamin D and mortality by Dr. Grant

• Mortality reduced if Vitamin D levels raised to 30 ng ( Middle East this time) - Grant Oct 2022

• Mortality reduced by 35 percent if everyone had 50 ng of vitamin D - Grant Oct 2021

• Winter vs summer in US – 25 percent more deaths, 16 percent less vitamin D – Oct 2017

• All cause mortality and follow-up time - April 2012

• 40 ng Vitamin D perhaps optimal for reduced mortality – Meta-analysis Jan 2012 Dr. Grant

• In Defense of the Sun – reduce 400000 premature deaths – 2009

• Mortality and vitamin D – Germany 2009

• Estimate of reduced Nordic mortality if increase UV or vitamin D – Sept 2010

• Mortality and Cancer varies with latitude in France too – 2010

• Recommend 2500-4000 IU per day to reduce all-cause mortality by 18%– Grant Netherlands April 2010

• Mortality and Cancer varies with latitude in France too – 2010

• Hypothesis – Mozart died from lack of vitamin D – June 2011

• Should increase life expectancy by 2 years if double vitamin D levels – July 2011

• Motality varies with latitude in the UK – Feb 2011

• Google search = mortality grant (WB OR William) 1090 items as of April 2018 (includes references to his papers)

• Mortality and vitamin D Dr. Grant co-authored the following chart

Just Vitamin D by Dr. Grant

• Search VitaminDWiki for "W * grant" OR "William grant" 875 items as of Nov 2016

• Low Vitamin D in Mongolia, supplementing would save lives (20 percent have rickets) – Oct 2019

• Increasing the vitamin D level of all Canadians to 40 ng would save 6 to 18 billion dollars a year – Grant Nov 2016

• Bibliography of Black-White health disparities linked to vitamin D - Dr. Grant March 2017

• Solar UVB reduces Cancer Risk – Grant, Jan 2013

• Strength of vitamin D evidence – Dr. Grant letter to editor July 2012

• Vitamin D overview by Grant - Jan 2011 - Requirements for Vitamin D Across the Life Span

• Evidence for Vitamin D - Grant Aug 2011

• Is the Institute of Medicine Report on Calcium and Vitamin D Good Science - Jan 2011

• Need 30-60 ng of vitamin D for good health – Grant Jan 2011

• Increase vitamin D in Germany could save 18000 lives annually

• Vitamin D could save More than 10,000 Canadian lives annually

• Brain cancer in 175 countries related to low UVB and low vitamin D – Oct 2010

• Some cancer due to low UV – Grant – April 2010

• Economic burden of premature deaths due to vitamin D de?ciency in Canada PDF file

• Each 10 ng increase in vitamin D decreased kidney disease death by 14 percent – May 2011

  • Vitamin D Status and Mortality Risk in CKD: A Meta-analysis of Prospective Studies

• Cardiovascular disease may be reduced by vitamin D – June 2011

• Missing molar and 12X increase in breast cancer – probable vitamin D link Aug 2011

• Top 25 Vitamin D papers in 2020 - Grant has links to reviews in previous years

See also VitaminDWiki

• Increased heart attacks in the winter may be due to lack of sunshine – Nov 2012

• Not just elderly: for 180,000 adults, death rate 2X higher if low vitamin D – May 2012

• All items in Far from Equator items

  • Equator has recently been getting vitamin D deficient diseases - especially in the very hot summer

• All items in category Mortality and Vitamin D items

• Vitamin D with Calcium reduces mortality by 7 percent – meta-analysis May 2012

• Pap smears add 3 days, vitamin D adds 2 years

Vitamin D Video 53 minutes with text and PDFs – Grant Oct 2017

Presentation by Dr. Grant Dec 2014

📄 Download the PDF from VitaminDWiki

Video is on YouTube

Some of the slides from the presentation