Osteoporosis increasing and vitamin D decreasing in Middle East
News Release of Conference
Bone Density decreases with age
Prevalence in CHILDREN
Increasing number of hip replacements in a decade
Standard Osteo treatments do not yet include vitamin D
2X more Osteoporosis than in ancient Eqypt
See PDF attached at bottom of this page
See also VitaminDWiki
All items in category Bone - Osteoporosis 89 items Oct 2011
All items in category Bone Health 88 items Oct 2011
Lowest cost osteoporosis treatment in China was vitamin D and Calcium – Oct 2010
Evidence-based Review of Vitamin D -2010 Osteoporosis Grade = B
Cochrane review finds that Vitamin D helps treat Osteoporosis – Feb 2010
2000 to 3000 IU required to start to help with Osteoporosis – June 2010
Do not just take more Calcium if you fear Osteoporosis- Mercola Dec 2010 from book: The Calcium Lie
Is it ethical to not give vitamin D in osteoporosis trials– NEJM Sept 2010
National Osteoporosis Foundation on Vitamin D - more than 30 ng - 2010
Osteoporosis medicines - several include vitamin D from National Osteoporosis Foundation
Vitamin D recommendations by Osteoporosis Canada - Sept 2010 800-2000 IU daily, 10,000 IU is probably safe
Review of vitamin D pathways to bone health - July 2010 with many summaries of vitamin D INTERVENTIONS
Prefer more than 30 ng of Vitamin D and 700 mg Calcium for Osteoporosis – Mar 2011
Low vitamin D before orthopedic surgery – dark skin 5X more likely – Oct 2010
- suspect not just dark skin, but those also at risk of being low on vitamin D: sunlight, elderly, medical problems, etc.
Would there be fewer stress and bone fractures with vitamin D?
4000 IU Vitamin D intervention helped elderly bones – March 2010
890 IU of vitamin D and 1200 mg Calcium improved bone density – July 2010
Both Calcium AND vitamin D needed to prevent elderly fractures – Sept 2010
Calcium and just 900 IU of vitamin D can improve Bone Density – July 2010
400 IU of Vitamin D Magnesium and Calcium helped Twin bones – Feb 2011
- 400 IU is the least amount of vitamin D - wonder how low of vitamin D needed if take all of the co-factors
Hip fractures in India - editorial with recommendation Sept 2010
75 percent of hip fractures associated with vitamin D deficiency - Jan 2011
Low vitamin D may account for half of the reasons for osteomalacia – Oct 2010
Calcium citrate and more than 800 IU of vitamin D to treat Osteoporosis – Mar 2011
1800 to 4000 IU vitamin D to get 30 to-44 ng no risk osteo - July 2010.pdf file
Excessive clothes and being indoors results in very low vitamin D levels – Nov 2011
All items in category Deficiency of Vitamin D 175 items as of Oct 2011
Jordanian women vitamin D – 16 ng if Westen Dress – 12 ng otherwise – Aug 2011
Ultra-orthodox jews also suffer from 10 ng vitamin D levels – Nov 2010 clothing restricts access to the sun
Arab pre-term infants often have less than 10 ng of vitamin D - 2010 also a very sunny climate
Even in Sunny Areas, Vitamin D Intake Often Too Low - May 2010
Less than 4 ng is more common in Saudis than diabetic Saudis – July 2010
Red Alert – one in three pre-teens in Tehran had less than 5 ng of vitamin D – Feb 2011
Iranian vitamin D levels 13 ng summer, 12 ng winter – June 2011
Many reasons why vitamin D deficiency has become epidemic
- 1. 2 was indoors, # 16 was clothing as of Oct 2011
Review of Vitamin D Deficiencies in developing countries - Oct 2011
Hypothesis – China air conditioning disease is the result of less vitamin D – March 2011
Diabetes rising quickly in areas with recent air conditioning – June 2011
Parkinson disease increased in Israel by 50 percent in 7 years – June 2011
Red Alert – one in three pre-teens in Tehran had less than 5 ng of vitamin D – Feb 2011
Iranian vitamin D levels 13 ng summer, 12 ng winter – June 2011
Vitamin D in blood is higher in winter than summer – in Middle-East Sept 2011