Overview Evidence for vitamin D
Most Strength of evidence references are several years old, and show little disease TREATMENT when using < 2,000 IU of vitamin D
Vitamin D PREVENTS many diseases with < 4,000 IU, but TREATMENT often needs > 4,000 IU
See also VitaminDWiki
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Hypothesis of Vitamin D and Diseases - and strength of evidence
101 vitamin D INVERVENTION trials added during first 7 months of 2012
National Institute of Health - Strength of Vitamin D Evidence
Should increase life expectancy by 2 years if double vitamin D levels – July 2011
Evaluating the vitamin D evidence - Dr. Heaney Dec 2010 slide presentation
Overview Vitamin D3 better than D2 Most evidence is for Vitamin D3 - avoid D2
Vitamin D has a complex relationship with Cancer – meta-analysis July 2011
Vitamin D and omega-3 are the only supplements which show benefit in meta-analysis – Jan 2012
Vitamin D decreases incidence of disease with many charts, such as
The Natural Standard Herb and Supplement Guide - An Evidence-Based Review 2010
This is the latest in a series of books by the group at http://www.naturalstandard.com
Editor is Catherine Ulbricht, PharmD, Published by Mosby (a very highly regarded medical publisher)
I guess that the evidence was from sometime in 2009, that is not very up-to-date
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36 diseases are described in detail
The following are the more common diseases
A (strong Scientific Evidence)
Adult Rickets, Psoriasis, Rickets
B (good scientific evidence)
Muscle Weakness/Pain, Osteoporosis
C (unclear or conflicting scientific evidence)
Breast Cancer Prevention, Cancer Prevention, Colorectal Cancer, Diabetes, Fall Prevention, High Blood Pressure,
Mortality Reduction, MS, SAD, Senile Warts, Tooth Retention, Vitamin D Deficiency (infants and Nursing mothers),
Weight Gain (postmenopausal)
D (fair negative scientific evidence)
Muscle Strength, Prostate Cancer
E (strong negative scientific evidence)
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