Overweight and obese lost 12 lbs with vitamin D in 6 months– RCT

Reported in Belfast Telegraph

Article does not mention any exercise

Presented at European Congress on Obesity in Prague, Czech Republic

The following was apparently a poster presented May 8:

VITAMIN D SUPPLEMENTATION PROMOTES WEIGHT LOSS AND WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE REDUCTION IN OVERWEIGHT /OBESE ADULTS WITH HYPOVITAMINOSIS D , Vigna L.1, Lonati C.1, Sommaruga D.2, Tirelli A. S.3, Riboldi L.1 Italy

Found email on the internet: luisella.vigna@policlinico.mi.it

400 obese or overweight adults – 6 doses in 6 months

Monthly Dose Weight loss
kg
Weight loss
pounds
Placebo 1.2 kg 2.6 lb
25,000 IU 3.8 kg 8.4 lb
100,000 IU 5.4 kg 11.9 lb
Will try to get more information Can speculate even greater weight loss in a RCT which: 1. Start with a loading dose - say 50,000 IU daily for the first week 1. Used a higher dose of vitamin D - perhaps 50,000 IU weekly (= 200,000 IU monthly) 1. Added 100 mg of Magnesium daily- in the form of Magnesium Chloride * Magnesium (in the water) can increase the response to a dose of vitamin D * Perhaps the adults in this study drank hard water (Magnesium) *     That is, perhaps there was something in the water See also VitaminDWiki * Dieters lost 5 more pounds if achieved more than 32 ng of vitamin D – RCT March 2014 * The Vitamin D Diet – book Sept 2012 * Need 40 to 80 ng of vitamin D to lose weight – Colgan Sept 2013 * Low-calorie diets mimicked by Vitamin D – Dec 2016 * Overweight women on caloric restriction diet got 3X benefits from 8 weeks of Omega-3 – RCT Dec 2015 Overview Obesity and Vitamin D contains the following summary {include} {include} Click here for 2014 study