Thoughts on improving vitamin D policies - Vieth
Vitamin D Disease Prevention Symposiums; for Canada Vitamin D Day - Nov 5, 2013
Vitamin D and Policy Creation, by Reinhold Vieth, Ph.D.
A few of his slides
Ontario, Canada is no longer paying for vitamin D tests
unless the person already has one of the few health problems which
OHIP has determinded is associated with low vitamin D
Note: There are similar restrictions in the rest of Canada, the UK, and Australia
Look at the list of Vitamin D related health problem in the column to the left of this page
Risks associated with too little as well as too much vitamin D
Perhaps some lessons learned from fortification of Iodine
VitaminDWiki view of too little/too much vitamin D
That is: consider moving both curves to the right.
Chart by Baggerly (click on chart for details)
35,000 IU reduced Psorasis (click on image for details)
Appears that Vitamin D can induce remission in recent Multiple Sclerosis 20,000 to 140,000 IU vitamin D DAILY
VitaminDWiki on lessons learned from fortification
(takes a century for govts to change)
Pellegra and Vitamin B3 (Niacin) Dr. Heaney Nov 2013 - also took a century
Vitamin D home fortification- don't wait 100 years for your govt
See also VitaminDWiki
Iodine deficiency 40% of people around the world are still deficient
- and more so now that people are getting less salt and salt in commercial foods rarely contains Iodine
Vitamin D and Iodine are similar, and both are deficient and important to health nice matrix, The Swiss have INCREASED the amount of Iodine in their salt.
Obesity epidemic: a perfect storm of deficiency of vitamin D, Magnesium, Iodine, etc – May 2012