Pages tagged with "Deficiency"

641 pages, most important first (overviews, then meta-analyses, then RCTs, then newest). Combine with another topic

• Vitamin D Deficiency Flowchart for UK Primary Care
• Understanding vitamin D deficiency - Editorial in Age and Ageing
• Overview Deficiency of vitamin D
• Vitamin D Deficiency (for medical professionals with CME test)
• Testing and treating vitamin D deficiency – Mayo with CME
• Vitamin D deficiency – Physicians Assistants Continued Medical Education
• Children need vitamin D - good global overview, poor recommendations for Italian children
• With just 200 IU vitamin D in intravenous feeds, deficiency results
• Vitamin D deficiency in adolescents – review
• 229 Genes related to vitamin D
• A doctor becomes aware of vitamin D deficiency in Brazil, a sunny country
• Extraskeletal effects and manifestations of Vitamin D deficiency
• Vitamin D Insufficiency - Mayo
• How I Treat Vitamin D Deficiency - for Cancer
• Vitamin D: An Evidence-Based Review – 2009
• Grade A recommendations for vitamin D
• Lack of vitamin D and Calcium a world problem – strength of evidence etc – 2009
• Consensus Vitamin D position statement – UK
• Round-table discussion of vitamin D deficiency
• NIH on public policy and vitamin D
• Cola Soft Drinks reduce Calcium, Vitamin D, and Magnesium - many studies
• Military and Vitamin D - many studies
• Respiratory viral infection (RSV) and low vitamin D - many studies
• Air Pollution reduces Vitamin D production - many studies
• Respiratory infection, children and Vitamin D - many studies
• Vitamin D and Magnesium need each other - many studies
• Iodine Deficiency During Pregnancy – many studies
• Signs of Vitamin D Deficiency - many studies
• Scotland and Vitamin D - many studies
• Caffeine decreases Vitamin D in blood and cells - many studies
• COPD is strongly associated with magnesium deficiency – several studies
• 22% of children (0-5y) are stunted, Vitamin D deficiency is a primary cause – several studies
• Recurrent Wheezing in children is associated with low Vitamin D – several studies
• Prenatal vitamin D deficiency increases risk of dental cavities by 35% - meta-analysis
• Multiple Sclerosis risk is increased 50% if low Vitamin D - 19 study meta-analysis
• Type II Diabetics: Most common deficiency is Vitamin D (2nd is Magnesium) – meta-analysis
• Vitamin D deficiency increases risk of Dementia by 1.4 X and Alzheimer’s by 1.5 X – Meta-analysis
• Vitamin D Deficiency in South America - meta-analysis
• Low vitamin D in Malaysia (85 percent less than 30 ng) – meta-analysis
• Maternal pregnancy problems if Vitamin D is less than 40 ng – meta-analysis
• Two thirds of South Asians have low Vitamin D (less than 20 ng) – meta-analysis
• Asthma, Fractures, Prostate Cancer, Lupus, etc associated with low Vitamin D – umbrella review
• Need at least 6,000 IU daily while breastfeeding to eliminate Vitamin D deficiency – meta-analysis
• Most Chinese have less than 20 ng level of Vitamin D - meta-analysis
• It appears that 40 percent of African-Caribbeans in the Caribbean have less than 30 ng of Vitamin D – meta-analysis
• COVID-19 was 2.6X more severe if very low Vitamin D (43 studies) – meta-analysis
• COVID-19 mortality 3X more likely if low vitamin D (999,179 people) – meta-analysis
• COPD severity is associated with Vitamin D deficiency – meta-analyses 2015, 2019
• Vitamin D deficiency diseases in dark skinned people living far from equator – Meta-analysis
• Half of infants had less than 20 ng of Vitamin D with 800 IU (need more) – RCT
• COVID-19 inflammation extinguished by 60,000 IU of vitamin D nanoemulsion daily for a week – RCT
• Increasing the ratio of mono to poly fats increased Vitamin D levels by 6 ng – RCT
• Children in Mongolia helped by 800 IU of Vitamin D (need a lot more) – RCT
• Vitamin D needed to get children to just 20 ng in winter 800 IU white skin, 1100 IU dark (Sweden) – RCT
• 800 IU and 20 ng is enough vitamin D, need RCT
• Ask your doctor: Would you be opposed to my getting more vitamin D?
• Obese individuals have vitamin D levels 3-8 ng/mL lower than non-obese
• Vitamin D Deficiency (babies in Scotland)
• Vitamin D and Diseases - many associations
• 43 reasons for Vitamin D deficiency
• Vitamin D levels have been crashing since 1995 (Polish Children, Elite Military, etc)
• High Vitamin D can unmask an existing magnesium deficiency (Mg is a catalyst and is not consumed)
• Vitamin D intake is extremely low in the 8 surveyed militaries
• 15 reasons why many seniors need more Vitamin D (both dose and level)
• Obesity epidemic: a perfect storm of deficiency of vitamin D, Magnesium, Iodine, etc
• 4 Reasons why Vitamin D levels are crashing
• Iodine deficiency might cause obesity
• Vitamin D Deficiency: evolution needs 5,000+ years to adapt to changes ( food, indoors, etc)
• 97+ Diseases that may be related via low vitamin D
• Magnesium deficiency is now widespread — health consequences and best supplement forms
• Supplement seniors with Vitamin D without testing: >75 years Endocrine Society
• Redhead – Red hair - vitamin D
• 3 to 55 X more likely to have 63 health problems if low Vitamin D
• ADHD and Vitamin D Deficiency
• Vitamin D interview - Dr. Holick Jan 2026
• Night shift workers have lower Vitamin D (10 ng vs 14 ng, India)
• Vitamin A deficiency in more than 30% of children in some Middle Eastern and African countries
• Vitamin D deficiency while pregnant: 60X more likely if religious clothing requirement (Africa)
• Sun replacement = Vitamin D (need 60 to 100 ng) - video
• Low Vitamin D levels in a very sunny climate
• Plastics, BPA, PCB and Vitamin D deficiency
• 100 facts about Vitamin D (deficiency, health problems, D helps)
• No region on earth has average Vitamin D levels of even 30 ng - Dec 2025
• Volcanic eruption => clouds (low vitamin D?) => Black death
• 25X higher risk of low Vitamin D (S. Asian children in London)
• Many ways to increase Vitamin D in blood and cells
• Review of Vitamin D Deficiencies in developing countries
• To reduce risk of additional problems, take Vitamin D if you have a Vitamin D problem (Psoraisis in this case)
• Air pollution, toxins, heavy metals and smoking each result in lower Vitamin D levels
• Multiple Sclerosis 5X more likely if both low sun and low vitamin D
• AI can look at photos of a person to identify Vitamin D deficiency
• Prenatal Vitamin D Deficiency - Wagner video
• Vitamin D deficiency exacerbates many Sickle Cell problems - Perplexity AI,
• Deficiency of Vitamin D
• 1.4 X more likely to be Vitamin D deficient if high PM2.5 (why: indoors, less UV, inflammation)
• Iron deficiency is a cause of Vitamin D deficiency
• Vitamin D's Role in Preventing and Treating Health Conditions
• Europeans now get 200 IU of Vitamin D daily (had been 600 IU)
• Profoundly low Vitamin D in UK (under 4ng): whites 0.3%, Asians 9%
• 10 Groups Are More Prone To Vitamin D Deficiency - 2017
• Measles is a Nutritional Deficiency Disease (Vit D, Vit A, Zinc, etc)
• Re-emerging problem of iodine deficiency in Europe
• Diseases at high risk if just low Vitamin D, low (D and Mg), low (D and Omega-3) – Perplexity AI
• If you eat ultra-processed foods, you need Vitamin D
• Increased obesity risk in child if low vitamin D while pregnant
• Drugs that create a vitamin D deficiency
• Quick, FREE, self-test for Vitamin D deficiency
• Obesity, Hypovitaminosis D, and COVID-19
• Risk of Vitamin D deficiency with Breast Cancer: 2.7 X if normal weight, 7 X if obese (no surprise)
• Obesity and Vitamin D research in 23 years: 6144 studies, 123 countries, 28156 authors
• Dark-skinned people have low vitamin D (Obese pregnant women in UK in this case)
• Vitamin D has generally decreased over the past 100 years
• Iodine deficiency
• Vitamin D deficiency increased in 2021 (Kuwait)
• Children in Intensive Care need Vitamin D loading dose of 10000 IU per kg (nearing a consensus)
• US Military, like several countries, no longer pays for vitamin D testing unless overtly deficient
• Lancet analyzed 15 micronutrient deficiencies - but ignored vitamin D
• Fibrocystic breasts associated with Vitamin D deficiency (2X)
• High-Doses (50,000 IU weekly, etc.) if at high risk of Vitamin D deficiency
• Find out if you might be vitamin D deficient for free - 2 minutes, 11 questions
• Vitamin D deficiency promotes intracranial aneurysm rupture (mice)
• 13 health problems reduced by higher vitamin D (Mendelian randomization)
• 7 signs your body is begging you for vitamin D
• Number 1 Vitamin Deficiency in ALL Autoimmune Conditions - video
• The number 1 Deficiency behind All Autoimmune Diseases (Vitamin D) video
• Risk of vitamin D deficiency increases 1.4X if significant air pollution (maternal in this study)
• Sudden Cardiac Arrest 10.8 X more likely if severe vitamin D deficiency
• Only 3.4% of Portuguese children get vitamin D supplements (a good dose taken weekly costs only 10 cents)
• 82% of Chinese hospital staff had less than 12 ng of Vitamin D (65% of patients)
• Consensus: Vitamin D deficiency is related to Alzheimers (9 of 10 studies)
• Our World in Data - Vitamin D deficiency map - 2023
• Vitamin D as get older: more D and less deficiency (UK Health Care workers)
• Vitamin D deficiency in children: 9%, but up to 75% in children with fractures
• Am I low on Vitamin D
• Vitamin D deficiency predicted with 91% accuracy ( AI, age, paywall)
• Magnesium deficiency: causes and signs - video
• Low Vitamin D is worse for your health than smoking
• 15 Signs of Vitamin D Deficiency - video
• Vitamin D Deficiency Pandemic – Campbell and Anderson video
• Boron For Vitamin D Deficiency
• Country noticed that their youths need more Vitamin D (Norway this time)
• Arctic school children in Russia: only 1 in 11 has more than 30 ng of Vitamin D
• Newly diagnosed Children with Cancer have low vitamin D, especially if black
• Vitamin D levels in new borns are so low that they are considering supplementing to prevent Rickets (Japan)
• Poor children were 2X more-likely to be vitamin D deficient (Ireland)
• 24 Vitamin D global guidelines for children, huge diversity
• 94 percent of children with Chronic Neurological Diseases had low vitamin D
• Depressed infants have very low Vitamin D (7.5 ng)
• Vitamin D recommended for infants by 98% of Belgian pediatricians - 2024
• Nutrient consumption – only 7% of recommended DRV of Vitamin D (German Children in this case)
• 26 health factors increase the risk of COVID-19 – all are proxies for low vitamin D
• Seniors need more Vitamin D (Geriatric Ward in this case)
• 14 Conservative Vitamin D recommendations in Ukraine
• Discover the Pain of Vitamin D Deficiency
• Brain lesions might be associated with vitamin D deficiency
• 98% of Vitamin D deficiency (8 Latin American countries)
• More colas lower vitamin D by 3 ng
• Maternal vitamin D deficiency can result in problems 1 or 2 decades later
• The Dangers of Vitamin D Deficiency (and why you should supplement), Video and transcript, Patrick
• More than 16 reasons why Vitamin D trials fail
• Gallbladder removal and vitamin D deficiency
• Vitamin D Deficiency (less than 20ng) - Patient education - Beyond the Basics
• Criteria to associate a health problem with low vitamin D
• 31 Vitamin D Deficiency Symptoms
• Fructose reduces blood levels of active vitamin D
• Some seniors in Germany had vitamin D levels of 34 ng without supplementation (seems unlikely)
• US truckers die 16 years sooner (UVA-low Vitamin D, obesity, little exercise)
• When over 50, poor health is associated with poor vitamin D– review
• Metabolic syndrome 2.4 X more likely if senior women had low vitamin D
• German seniors 10 pct less than 7ng, 92 pct less than 30 ng vitamin D
• Seniors 5.4 more likely to die if Vitamin D less than 15 ng (Mexico)
• Simple vitamin D supplementation - daily, weekly, or monthly
• Vitamin D levels in a nursing home (Austria)
• Why are so many Victorian killer illnesses making a comeback
• Most air pollutions reduce Vitamin D (PM2.5 is worst)
• Lupus again found to be related to vitamin D deficiency - should supplementation start?
• Hypothesis – Fatigue the day after sex is due to deficiency of Vitamin D, Magnesium, and Zinc
• Both parents smoke – child’s vitamin D level was 30 percent lower and worse asthma
• COVID lockdowns reduced Vitamin D levels - should supplement
• 1 in 5 Canadians have inadequate Vitamin D (less than 16 ng), far more if dark skinned – Canada
• 6 billion people have less than 75 nmol (30 ng) of Vitamin D
• DSM - holder of many vitamin D patents - to make deficiency map
• Vitamin D Deficiency - 14 signs
• Hospital patients with Vitamin D Deficiency: estimates per 100 vary from 59 to 91 (Nepal)
• Vitamin D Deficiency in Europe- need at least 1000 IU to get to even 20 ng – Cashman
• The Vitamin Deficiency Signs That Can Send You to Prison
• Vitamin D Resistance hypothesis confirmed by Coimbra high-dose vitamin D protocol
• Vitamin D deficiency somewhat treated with weekly 50000 IU Vitamin D2
• 5X fewer hip fractures from Parkinson – Alzheimer – Stroke with enough sun
• Reasons for Low Vitamin D and what to do
• Vitamin D Deficiency in children in SE Asia
• Silicosis reduces vitamin D levels
• Magnesium deficiency level should be raised from .75 to .85
• Chinese have very low vitamin D
• Canadian Vitamin D deficiency
• Fructose (High Fructose Corn Syrup) consumes 2X more Magnesium than sugar
• Vitamin D deficiency is the most common nutritional deficiency in the world
• Four Magnesium Deficiency Questionnaires for women
• Top 10 signs of Vitamin D Deficiency (9 minute Video)
• Air pollution decreases Vitamin D levels (while pregnant in this case)
• Vitamin D sources, role, deficiency, toxicity, testing, etc. – massive review
• Lower vitamin D if born outside of Canada or lower education
• Giving vitamin D to ALL children reduced (rickets) symptoms by 60 percent
• Teeth getting worse due to lower level of vitamin D during the past 5,000 years
• Majority of South Asian children and youths have low vitamin D (85 pcnt of neonates)
• Why India's vitamin D deficiency is grim - 40 pages
• Osteoporosis, periodontal and other diseases share a risk factor – low vitamin D
• Another country needs more vitamin D (Australia in this case)
• COVID and low vitamin D (Ireland this time)
• European call to action for vitamin D
• COVID-19 Call to Action – eliminate Vitamin D deficiency – Manson
• Vitamin D trends of US adults - 14 years of surveys
• Concealing clothing resulted in only 8 ng vitamin D
• Jordanian women vitamin D – 16 ng if Western clothing – 12 ng otherwise
• Breastfeeding is almost always associated with infant vitamin D deficiency
• Diseases arising from depletion are cured by repletion - Hippocrates 400 BC
• Many doctors continue to believe 2,000 IU of vitamin D is max (Hungary in this case)
• How tooth decay due to vitamin D deficiency came to be treated with Fluoride
• Household air pollution increases the risk of pregnancy disorders, Vitamin D reduces the risk
• Vitamin D level of 20 ng does not prevent cancer, CVD, Diabetes, etc (not a news item)
• Trends in vitamin D status around the world
• Half of Mongolian schoolchildren have less than 10 ng of vitamin D
• Vitamin D – Good health: 52nmol, Poor health: 41 nmol
• 7 signs you may have a vitamin D deficiency
• 14 Signs You Might Have a Vitamin D Deficiency - Mercola
• Treatments for 303,000 COVID-19 patients: vitamin D is both popular and over-the-counter
• 93 percent of US children had less than 40 ng of vitamin D a decade ago
• Reasons for children having low vitamin D (proposed by 10 societies)
• 73 percent of US infants still do not even get 400 IU of Vitamin D
• Vitamin D deficiency in Russia – treatment and prevention
• Most people with Long-Haul COVID-19 have low Vitamin D
• Milk – Vitamin D deficiency 2X more likely if lactose intolerant, milk allergy, or low fat milk – 2017
• There are 2 concurrent pandemics – COVID-19 and Vitamin D deficiency
• Severe childhood COVID-19 associated with Vitamin D deficiency (hospital in Turkey)
• Hypothesis of Autoimmunity which includes Epstein-Barr Virus and Vitamin D Deficiency – 2012
• Maternal vitamin D deficiency can trigger rickets in breastfed infants – review
• Less COVID-19 infection, mortality in countries with higher Vitamin D (Asia in this case)
• COVID-19 mortality was associated with vitamin D deficiency of 47 countries
• Chinese COVID-19 study – 80 pct of severe cases had low Vitamin D, all asymptomatic cases had OK Vit D
• Vitamin D deficiency in China – only 1 in 18 have even 30 ng, fewer if young or female
• Beijing women have low vitamin D - 89 percent have less than 20 ng
• Vitamin D levels from lowest to highest: Middle East, China. India, S EU. N EU
• Vitamin D levels in 56 countries (many have less than 20 ng) – 2021
• Vitamin D deficiency is a major global public health problem – Maps
• Low Vitamin D in Southern Europe – 1 in 3 had less than 20 ng (630,000 Europeans)
• Vitamin D deficiency of a group - 15 pcnt to 48 pcnt (depends on tester used)
• Vitamin D deficiency - Ghana 43 percent
• Pandemics are now every few years, next might be in 2025 (Vitamin D levels have crashed)
• Worse COVID-19 if very low vitamin D
• All COVID-19 patients had low vitamin D, the lowest were more likely to die
• Vitamin D Deficiency and Covid-19: Book by Drs Anderson and Grimes
• The lower the Vitamin D, the worse the COVID-19 (600 in Turkey)
• Risk of COVID-19 death was 4.9 X higher if very low vitamin D
• COVID-19 death in hospital 5X more likely if low vs high vitamin D – preprint
• Vitamin D has the most supporting science of all micronutrients to fight COVID-19
• Cancer patients at high risk of vitamin D deficiency were not tested as often (paradoxically)
• Vitamin deficiency in US military – Vitamin D is the most prevalent and is growing rapidly
• Children have PTH problems when vitamin D is less than 15 ng
• Vitamin D half-life was 20 days (pregnant in Gambia)
• Vitamin D sufficiency 10 to 30 ng, optimal 40 to 80 ng (no consensus)
• Vitamin D nanoemulsion corrected deficiency and improved bones in 1 week (high dose in rats)
• Low Vitamin D in Nordic countries – supplementation, fortification, only 20 ng
• Majority of postmenopausal women have less than 30 ng of Vitamin D - Review
• Many vitamin D articles and videos by Schwalfenberg in Canada
• Prediction: Vitamin D levels will continue dropping for decades
• Four reasons why vitamin D levels should be higher than 30 ng
• Mongolian women have the lowest levels of vitamin D in the world
• Vitamin D deficiency 4X more likely if illiterate or have bone pain – Lahore Pakistan
• A systematic review of vitamin D status in populations worldwide
• People working with lead have 8 ng less Vitamin D
• Vitamin D deficiency: an unrecognized cause of flank pain
• Don’t Let COVID-19 Patients Die With Vitamin D Deficiency
• 86 percent of US military no longer have enough Vitamin D (30 ng)
• Vitamin D Deficiency and Oral Health: A Comprehensive Review
• No military trainee consumed Vitamin D RDA (most were also low in Magnesium)
• 2 out of 3 people think that they get enough vitamin D, but only 1 in 3 get even the absolute minimum
• Children with low Vitamin D slept 1 hour less, had 1 hour later bedtimes
• Vitamin D levels were lower in cities 300 years ago too
• Some Religious dietary practices may result in low iron, B12, vitamin D, Zinc, etc.
• Let 1000 die from vitamin D deficiency rather than incur 1 lawsuit
• Vitamin D deficiency associated with increased risk of many health problems in 58,000,000 Americans
• Let the Sun shine on you - Gillie
• Half of Chinese adolescents have less than 20 ng of VItamin D
• Vitamin D Council vs FDA concerning vitamin D deficiency in blacks and others
• Maps of Vitamin D levels in Dublin Ireland
• Perhaps the Vitamin D deficiency pandemic caused the COVID-19 pandemic
• The Covid-19 pandemic is a Vitamin D Deficiency problem and is easy to solve
• Vitamin D supplementation reduces Metabolic Syndrome if deficient
• Germany raised Vitamin D RDA to 800 IU - helped infants, but not children (who need even more)
• Preemies still have low vitamin D at age 6
• Allergic Rhinitis in infants treated by 1,000 IU vitamin D daily
• Obesity 3X more likely in US children having low vitamin D
• Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in Infants reduced 5.9 X by daily 600 IU of vitamin D (China)
• Vitamin D deficiency in pediatric critical illness: Time to move on from observational studies
• 83 percent of children had less than 20 ng of vitamin D – 15 ng avg for hispanic
• Several Vision problems may be the result of vitamin D deficiency
• Magnesium deficiency estimated by just 6 Yes No questions
• Call to Action: Eliminate Vitamin D Deficiency during COVID-19 (7 reasons) – Manson
• Sickle cell Vitamin D deficiency corrected with 160 K IU loading dose
• Genes indicate that Obesity causes vitamin D deficiency
• Why You Need More Vitamin D - Pure North - 2016
• Vitamin D deficiency is associated with 35 genes, only 7 of are commercially tested
• Vitamin D deficiency and co-morbidities in COVID-19 patients – A fatal relationship
• Treating Vitamin D deficiency in senior women – such as 50,000 IU daily for 15 days then twice a month – Review
• Swedish TV Warns 'Dark-Skinned' People, Muslims of Vitamin D Deficiency
• Vitamin D levels around the world - DSM review
• 9X increase in Koreans seeking help with vitamin D deficiency in just 4 years
• Vitamin D levels continue to fall in Korea
• Vitamin deficiency D 2.0
• Vitamin D: Giveth to Those Who Needeth
• The vitamin D deficiency pandemic – Holick
• Higher Vitamin D in US seniors if older, female, not smoke, but LOWER for each in China
• Warning signs that you have a Vitamin D Deficiency - videos
• Low Vitamin D symptoms, need 50-80 ng, he takes 5,000 IU – Matthews interview
• Turkey needs to give Vitamin D to children too (infants get D for free)
• Strong Vitamin D deficiency associations in Asthma patients
• 4 times fewer with vitamin D deficiency in just 4 years ( Connecticut)
• People more likely to freckle are more likely to get prostate cancer (low vitamin D)
• 76 percent of young adults in western India had less than 20 ng of vitamin D
• Child exposed to smoke is 1.5 X more likely to have low vitamin D
• Prisoners have very low vitamin D and get TB, influenza, and depression
• Vitamin D deficiency in Middle East and North Africa
• Teeth from 19th century London indicate that most children were Vitamin D Deficient
• Vitamin D deficiency indicated by pulp tooth shape (X ray)
• Vitamin D deficiency was mistaken for child abuse in a small fraction of 2800 cases
• Child abuse, vitamin D deficiency, or what - for parents and defense attorneys - Cannell
• Low vitamin D was again associated with winter, females, obesity, smoking, sedentary
• Vitamin D insufficiency in UK youths – 37X more likely if dark skin
• Vitamin D deficiency and childhood obesity: interactions, implications, and recommendations (5,000 IU)
• Depression in University students proportional to degree of Vitamin D deficiency (39 countries)
• 93% of newborns of military in Hawaii had low vitamin D
• Which Is Worse - Avoiding Sunlight or Vitamin D Deficiency
• Food allergy is linked to season of birth, sun exposure, and vitamin D deficiency
• Air Conditioning probably has decreased vitamin D
• Hypothesis – China air conditioning disease is the result of less vitamin D
• Air pollution associated with 45 percent increased risk of Vitamin D deficiency while pregnant
• Vitamin D Deficiency-Related Reproductive Consequences
• Vitamin D publications and supplementation are increasing, need more studies
• Hepatitis C, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and vitamin D deficiency
• Vitamin D Deficiency May Help Spread of Hepatitis B Throughout Liver
• Vitamin D Deficiency a Brain Disruptor - Spring 2019
• Too much fructose reduced both serum and active vitamin D in rats
• Vitamin D deficiency increases risk of Metabolic Syndrome – 1998
• 90 percent of young health care professionals had less than 30 ng of vitamin D
• Vitamin D is low in Europe – 40 percent have less than 20 ng – ODEN
• Vitamin D levels are lower than 20 ng in half of the world
• International Conference on Vitamin D Deficiency – 8th Abu Dhabi
• International Conference on Vitamin D Deficiency – 4th Abu Dhabi
• International Symposium on Vitamin D Deficiency - Abu Dhabi
• Vitamin D Deficiency varies widely with season in young women, but not in old
• Growth Hormone Deficiency treated by treating Vitamin D Deficiency
• Higher rates of TB in Winter and further from Equator
• Vitamin D deficiency is associated with prediabetes in obese Swedish children
• Vitamin D deficiency varies with latitude in Asia, as it does elsewhere
• Nature deficiency leads to disease (less sun, less Vitamin d)
• Large increase in dark skin children with vitamin D deficiency in Glasgow
• Vitamin K Deficiency - NCBI review
• Hypothesis – Vitamin B-12 deficiency is associated with Vitamin D deficiency
• Vitamin D, Vitamin B12, etc. charts- 2004-2018
• Long duration Hormone Deficiency therapy can result in dental problems, need more low vitamin D
• Vitamin D reduced so low that Victorian age diseases are returning
• India wants to cure Vitamin D Deficiency, unfortunately by fortifying with D2 not D3
• This Deficiency Is Linked to Daytime Tiredness and Can Be Devastating – Mercola
• Half of Australian office workers insufficient vitamin D in the winter
• Magnesium – the common test does not show deficiency
• Iron deficiency estimated by Smartphone photo
• Vitamin D deficiency 4.7 times more likely in bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, or schizoaffective disorder
• Vitamin D Deficiency
• Infants who have iron deficiency anemia are 4X more likely to be vitamin D deficient
• Vitamin D deficiency 2.5 X more likely in iron-deficient children
• Vitamin D recommendations by Italian Endocrinologists – 40 ng if pregnant, 30 ng if high risk
• Vitamin D levels are dropping rapidly – what you need to do
• Diabetes rising quickly in areas with recent air conditioning
• Kids have recently reduced both cholesterol and vitamin D
• Vitamin D Deficiency associated with Eardrum Perforation Risk
• First trimester Vitamin D deficiency in associated with placental inflammation, etc.
• Weak support of IoM position of Vitamin D – 2018
• 70 percent of Koreans in their twenties had less than 20ng of vitamin D
• Vitamin D level: 27 ng if low pollution, 12 ng if high pollution (Delhi children)
• Number of Vitamin D deficiency studies for various diseases
• Ear wax accumulation is associated with Omega-3 deficiency
• Hypothesis: UVA through window glass decreases vitamin D - 2009
• Hardly anyone is consuming even 400 IU of vitamin D daily
• Magnesium deficiency – causes and symptoms
• Zinc deficiency is a risk factor for autoimmunity and multiple sclerosis – 2017
• Autism Causes, Prevention and Treatment: Vitamin D Deficiency etc. – Book
• Vitamin D deficiency and psychiatric illness: evidence-based review
• More stress (allostatic load biomarkers) associated with vitamin D deficiency
• Vitamin D deficiency in childhood - old lessons and current challenges
• Vast majority of Europeans have less than 30 ng of Vitamin D
• Results of many blood tests in Australia – deficiencies only in Vitamin D, Iodine, and Vitamin B-12
• Immigrant vitamin D deficiency in Europe
• Extreme Vitamin D deficiency in most low middle income countries which had studies
• Mexico has low levels of vitamin D (less than 20 ng)
• Indoor workers had low vitamin D, all would have been missed by screening guidelines
• Vitamin D deficiency 4X more likely in Italian teens if: dark skin, winter, obese, little sun, or use sunscreen
• Simple Vitamin D deficiency scoring system
• Vitamin D Deficiency, Obesity and Cardiometabolic Risk: Is there any Relationship
• Problems with low UV and vitamin D in Scotland
• Autism risks include chemicals, deficiency of vitamin D, Omega-3 – mini-review
• Vitamin D deficiency with severe sepsis increased risk of dying by 7.7 X
• Australians tested for Vitamin D – 40 percent deficient and 60 percent taking vitamin D
• Liver and interactions with vitamin D deficiency - Review
• Vitamin D levels for UK seniors with health problems
• 90 percent of Canadians do not have optimal levels of vitamin D
• The Convergence of Two Epidemics: Vitamin D Deficiency in Obese School-aged Children
• Vitamin D Deficiency: Time for Inaction (question mark)
• Asthma strongly related to vitamin D deficiency in Turkey
• Magnesium deficiency reasons – 2013
• Central America – 32 ng average Vitamin D level
• Hypothesis: 7X increase in Iodine deficiency explains increased rate of breast cancer remote metastasis
• Symptoms of vitamin D deficiency vary with the age of the child
• Beijing extremely vitamin D deficient even in the fall: 10 ng
• The relationship between vitamin D deficiency and pulmonary hypertension – 2013
• Implications of vitamin D deficiency in pregnancy and lactation
• Many US kids have less than 40 ng of Vitamin D – 99 out of 100 blacks, 91 out of 100 whites
• Obesity is associated with vitamin D deficiency but deficiency does not lead to obesity
• Sclerodoma and vitamin D deficiency
• NASA vitamin D deficiency treatment guidelines - 2013
• No Vitamin D Pandemic - they assert that most need less than 20 ng - NEJM
• Learning Disabilities, anti-epileptic drugs, and subsequent vitamin D deficiency
• Epilepsy and deficiency of vitamin D and-or Magnesium
• Eating less cholesterol is harmless other than it causes vitamin D deficiency
• Big increase in treatment for vitamin D deficiency in an Australian hospital
• The \"Surprising Link\" Between Vitamin D Deficiency and Dementia (not a surprise)
• Rickets-vitamin D deficiency and dependency
• Vitamin D deficiency a big problem in Pakistan, similar to India
• If you are obese, use sunscreen, or don't drink milk you may be vitamin D deficient
• Vitamin D given to ALL high schools girls in Iran – 75 percent deficiency dropped to 6 percent
• Transgeneration vitamin D deficiency related to MS was found in mice
• Prevention of vitamin D deficiency in mothers and infants worldwide - a paradigm shift.
• Vitamin D and Calcium report for IoM - not much change - updated 2014
• Should people at high risk for vitamin D deficiency wait 5 years
• Increase in Vitamin D deficiency with weight and skin darkness – chart
• People with gut problems are low on vitamin D
• Genes May Play a Role in Vitamin D Deficiency
• Vitamin D is the only vitamin which is low in Europe
• Lots of vitamin D supplementation by those with Primary Hyperparathyroidism
• 3X increase in UK children who are vitamin D deficient in just 5 years
• Ask yourself if you have these symptoms of low vitamin D
• 60 minutes of sunlight needed to decrease vitamin D deficiency in sunny climate
• Vitamin D deficiency can sometimes be inferred by Autofluorescence of skin - 2015
• If at high risk of vitamin D deficiency, get a higher response if take more Magnesium
• Leading cause of death age 0-5 – vitamin D deficiency
• Most people not getting enough Vitamin D, Magnesium, and Vitamin E
• Vitamin D deficiency predicts prostate biopsy outcomes
• Vitamin D deficiency again associated with higher cost of health care
• Every patient with rheumatoid arthritis had low vitamin D, severity was proportional to degree of deficiency
• Menopause group advises too little vitamin D supplementation etc.
• Global analysis of disability - most are associated with vitamin D deficiency - Lancet
• Links between Vitamin D Deficiency and Cardiovascular Diseases
• IoM July 2009 Table of Contents
• 79 percent of middle aged Americans had less than 32 ng of vitamin D
• Low vitamin D in teens at 40 degrees North (Italy) due to not being outdoors, etc,
• Vitamin D deficiency and disease described with 3 simple graphs
• Vitamin D Deficiency and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes
• Low levels of vitamin D in Japanese office workers
• Vitamin D in Japanese women: 91 percent have less than 30 ng– 2012
• Low D in developing countries – less than 5 ng in some children in China
• Virtually all Chinese teens at 30 degree N have less than 30 ng of vitamin D
• Another urban area in a sunny climate is vitamin D deficient – Bangkok
• Paricalcitol quickly creates vitamin D deficiency in rats
• NONE of the pregnant Beijing women had adequate levels of vitamin D
• Vitamin D Deficiency may be an Independent Risk Factor for Arterial Disease
• Virtually all young Koreans had less than 30 ng of vitamin D – 2012
• Kidney failure and vitamin D deficiency vicious cycle
• Hypothesis: A hospital diarrhea epidemic caused vitamin D deficiency
• Vitamin D level can be high, but little benefit: due to kidney, genes, low Magnesium etc.
• 3X more kids were vitamin D deficient when entering UK hospitals than 4 years before
• 10 signs you have a serious vitamin D deficiency
• After 245,000 free vitamin D tests, 121,000 supplemented, but only 5,400 had 2nd test
• Vitamin D levels low in early teens
• Disadvantaged get less sun and have poor health in the North
• Tuberculosis associated with vitamin D deficiency
• 84 percent had less than 30 ng of vitamin D (10,000 patients in Saudi Arabia)
• Global Map of vitamin D deficiency
• Death of Babies in UK due to vitamin D deficiency
• Vitamin D is critical and essential, but only 1 in 10 people have more than 30 ng
• Wondering about SAD, Vitamin D deficiency and lack of UV when no snow
• If ten patients walked into my office today, I know that nine of them would be deficient in vitamin D
• Type 1 diabetes is increasing, vitamin D deficiency may be one of the reasons
• Italian youth vitamin D deficiency increased likelihood: 27X if winter, 5X if obese, etc.
• Vitamin D Deficiency is a Strong Predictor (4X) of Asthma in Children
• Class in High School eliminated Vitamin D deficiency: outdoors and food
• Vitamin D deficiency predicted with 80 percent accuracy with just 11 parameters
• 30 percent of variation of vitamin D levels were associated with just 3 variables
• Coronary artery disease extent is associated with extent of vitamin D deficiency
• Military in hot climates and vitamin D deficiency - 2010
• Prison doctor on lack of vitamin D in solitary confinement
• Hypothesis: Vitamin D deficiency is due to malfunctioning renin angiotensin system
• Hypothesis – low vitamin D level may indicate Calcium deficiency – Masterjohn II
• Smaug, Gollum would suffer from vitamin D deficiency
• Tiny Tim (A Christmas Carol) had a vitamin D deficiency
• World map of Iron Deficiency
• Kids less fit than their parent were (perhaps low vitamin D)
• 45 year-old British women working long hours had 8 percent lower vitamin D
• Magnesium Deficiency Reduces Vitamin D Effectiveness
• Unable to make a model to predict vitamin D deficiency
• Excessive clothes and being indoors results in very low vitamin D levels
• Urban residents have the most vitamin D, metro residents the least
• Vitamin D: Deficiency, Sufficiency and Toxicity
• Vitamin D levels in healthy populations around the globe
• Could growing pains in a child be a vitamin D deficiency
• Severely depressed elderly 2X more likely to have severe vitamin D deficiency
• Vitamin D test statistics: recent increase, esp. middle age, most under 30ng
• Vitamin D deficiency in Rheumatology clinics in Iran (D increases with age)
• Maternal vitamin D deficiency resulted in salt retention in male offspring (rats)
• Percent of population with less than 20 ng of vitamin D
• Low vitamin D associated with poor regions in the UK, median was 10 ng
• Vitamin D deficiency for children’s bones is 14ng, based on PTH analysis
• 80 percent of teens in Europe had less than 30 ng of vitamin D
• Teens increasingly indoors - especially if dark skin
• Vitamin D levels continue to fall: Canada 6 percent drop from 2009 to 2011
• Perhaps Italians have air conditioning too: lower latitudes have less vitamin D
• Vitamin D deficiency is an independent cardiovascular risk factor
• Delima: Most youths are vitamin D deficient – what to do
• 5X increase in vitamin D deficiency after leaving primary school (Tasmania)
• Strong association to other vitamin D deficiency diseases - 12 years in UK
• Nutrition authorities in Aust and NZ ignoring vitamin D deficiency
• Rats show relationship of vitamin D deficiency to Schizophrenia
• New Zealand consensus: at risk should take more Vitamin D
• Vitamin D, Cod-Liver Oil, Sunlight, and Rickets: A Historical Perspective – 2003
• Risk Factors for Vitamin D Deficiency
• Most young Americans not getting even 600 IU of vitamin D from the sun – FDA
• What causes Rickets - 1919
• Vitamin D deficiency spares no body part – NE Asia
• Hypothesis: Not vitamin D deficient if have normal PTH and BMD
• Ways to increase teen vitamin D
• Hypothesis: Obesity causes vitamin D deficiency and type 2 diabetes - 2012
• Genes in white blood cells of blacks associated with vitamin D deficiency
• Hormone D Deficiency – A Serious Endocrine Disorder
• Hypothesis: Premenopausal Iron deficiency causes increased recurrence of breast cancer – 2008
• Vitamin D and Arterial Hypertension: Treat the Deficiency
• Vitamin D deficiency after gastrointestinal surgery - 2009
• Actual vitamin D intake just 200 IU daily - 2010
• Prevention and Treatment of Vitamin D Deficiency
• Teen obesity strongly associated with vitamin D deficiency
• Vitamin D is the most common nutritional deficiency worldwide – Best Practice BMJ
• A plea for vitamin D food fortification in India
• 73 percent of Australians had too little vitamin D
• Sunlight robbery in the UK
• Vitamin D Deficiency Diagnosis and Treatment - 2008
• Guidelines on prevention and treatment of vitamin D deficiency
• Obama task force told that childhood Obesity linked to Vitamin D Deficiency
• Vitamin D: what clinicians need to know
• Vitamin D deficiency in HIV-infected and un-infected women in the US
• Vitamin D repletion = 2000 IU daily for adults and 5000 IU daily for seniors
• Vitamin D insufficiency 2.5X more likely with three genes – Lancet
• Scotts having extremely low vitamin D got no, or only minimal treatment
• Diabetes reduces vitamin D levels which reduces cognition
• Vitamin Deficiency Underlies Tooth Decay – 2009 and 1931
• 28 ng summer and 18 ng winter UK vitamin D levels
• 75 percent of Canadians less than 30 ng vitamin D in winter
• 90 percent of Canadian youth less than 30 ng vitamin D
• WHO to map vitamin D deficiency in Europe
• Half of Quebec kids had less than 20 ng of vitamin D – Milk and movement did not help
• Global Vitamin D levels
• Arabs have even lower levels of vitamin D than Jews in sunny Israel
• Hardly any children had enough vitamin D before bone surgery
• Only 13 percent decrease in vitamin D in 13 years
• 2X more people have less than 30 ng of vitamin D in a decade
• Very short children were very low on vitamin D and Calcium
• Very poor knowledge of vitamin D deficiency, even after diagnosis in Kuwait
• 75 percent of hip fractures associated with vitamin D deficiency
• Do Vitamin D Deficiency and Cognitive Decline Go Hand-in-Hand?
• Does vitamin d deficiency cause hypertension?
• Vitamin D deficiency and pregnancy - from preconception to birth
• Epidemic Vitamin D Deficiency in Elderly Care Rehabilitation Facility
• Big pharma is making money on drugs to treat vitamin D deficiency
• Seniors in North Indian: half have sore bones, 98 pcnt have less than 30 ng vitamin D
• Low vitamin D levels even when taking 800 IU vitamin D
• High Prevalence of Vitamin D Inadequacy - Holick Mayo Clinic 2006
• Needed 5,000 IU to achieve 30 ng of vitamin D in 3 months
• Does being healthy increase vitamin D or the other way around
• Absurdity of 600 IU vitamin D for 10 lb infant or 300 lb adult
• Statistical paradox of vitamin D deficiency and heart disease
• Groups associated with less than 20ng vitamin D – NHANES
• IOM finally responds to Endocrine Society on Vitamin levels – March 2012.
• Vitamin D deficiency (less than 14 ng) all seasons in Iran – 2011
• vitamin D variations and mental health
• Hypothesis Vitamin D deficiency is a cause of common obesity – 2009
• Vitamin D deficiency is prevalent among asthmatic African-Americans
• Review of vitamin D deficiency and diabetes
• Vitamin D deficiency is a risk factor for many diseases
• Vitamin D deficiency highly correlated with cardiovascular problems
• Vitamin D Deficiency Causes and Potential Consequences
• Heart Failure associated with vitamin D deficiency
• Vitamin D Deficiency and Insufficiency is Common during Pregnancy
• Diseases of obesity strongly associated with vitamin D deficiency in ethnic minorities
• Vitamin D deficiency might cause diabetes and cardiovascular diseases
• 75 percent of children in NE US had less than 20 ng of vitamin D in winter
• Low vitamin D among black teens
• Calcium deficiency is a risk factor for overweight female teenagers
• Red Alert – one in three pre-teens in Tehran had less than 5 ng of vitamin D
• Very low on micronutrients such as vitamin D and Magnesium – NHANES data
• Medical Causes of Vitamin D Deficiency
• Iranian vitamin D levels 13 ng summer, 12 ng winter
• Even in Sunny Areas, Vitamin D Intake Often Too Low
• 42 percent of US adults less than 20 ng of vitamin D and 82 percent of blacks
• Hypovitaminosis D and K are highly prevalent in institutionalized elderly
• Vitamin D deficiency was the best predictor of older patient death in hospital
• Clinical measures identify vitamin D deficiency in dialysis
• Vitamin D Deficiency and Liver Disease
• Vitamin D deficiency is highly prevalent in COPD - 2010
• More females have MS – perhaps due to vitamin D deficiency
• Basketball players low on vitamin D
• Every hour of TV watched reduces your lifespan by 22 minutes
• Vitamin D deficiency is now being recognised as one of the most common medical conditions worldwide
• Vitamin D less than 22 ng in Greece half of the year
• Vitamin D deficiency and diabetes – rheumatoid arthritis – lupus
• Diagnose-me - what vitamin D can treat and prevent
• Deficiencies of Vitamin D and Calcium – Related Chronic Diseases – 2009
• Vitamin D less than 10 ng for groups of 45 year olds
• 30 percent of US had less than 20 ng of vitamin D - CDC
• Vitamin D deficiency more strongly associated with rectal than colon cancer
• 87 percent of Tennessee general medicine patients had less than 32 ng of vitamin D
• 19 percent in Orange County had less than 30 ng of vitamin D
• Only 18 percent of Swedes got recommended amount of vitamin D
• Chronic Kidney disease and vitamin D deficiency
• Profound vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy
• Editorial on Vitamin D deficiency– Current Drug topics
• Vitamin D deficiency is a risk factor for many diseases
• Vitamin D deficiency prevalent with Lupus R-Arthritis and Diabetes
• Percentage having more than 30 ng of vitamin D has fallen by half
• Actress avoided the sun to protect skin is now vitamin D deficient
• Sign and symptoms of vitamin D overdose - from Buzzle 2010
• Vitamin D Deficiency in a London hospital - 2010
• Critical reappraisal of vitamin D deficiency – 800 IU and some megadose
• Vitamin D deficiency in cystic fibrosis
• Syndromes such as vitamin D deficiency syndrome
• Vitamin D deficiency - the time to ignore it has passed
• Vitamin D Levels in Kids are So Low that Rickets is Back with a Vengeance
• Pre-Birth Vitamin D Levels Determine Your Health for Life
• Vitamin D deficiency probably a risk factor for MS
• 3 more rheumatic studies found vitamin D deficiencies
• Vitamin D deficiency associated with many diseases – Greece
• Guideline for adult vitamin D deficiency
• Vitamin D deficiency around the world
• The impact of vitamin D deficiency on diabetes and cardiovascular risk
• Doubling of deficiency in a decade – 75% of whites and 90% of blacks –>
• Vitamin D Newsletter