Pages tagged with "Europe"

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

• Vitamin D Deficiency Flowchart for UK Primary Care
• 372 types of vitamin D prescriptions in France, 200,000 IU was the most popular
• Controversies and consensus in Vitamin D – 3rd Conference
• 30 to 50 ng of vitamin D is optimal – Central Europe consensus
• Vitamin D Policy Conference in Europe
• Vitamin D is the most popular supplement - many studies
• Russia and Vitamin D - many studies
• Scotland and Vitamin D - many studies
• 1.77 nmol response to 100 IU of Vitamin D (46 RCTs) – meta-analysis
• Vitamin D fortification of milk helps (proven in Gemany this time) – RCT
• South Asians in UK get little vitamin D from 45 minutes of daily summer sun – RCT
• US infant formula to catch up with Europe on vitamin D – 400 IU a day from 25 oz instead of 50 oz
• Off topic: Little water fluoridation in Europe - which is good for Mg and Vitamin D
• Italian consensus of recommended Vitamin D, Omega-3, etc
• Vitamin D and light conference - 2019
• UK Day-Cares being offered grants to develop vitamin D methods
• Fortification of Vitamin D in Europe: Mostly Voluntary - April 2026
• Black death of 1330 AD killed 5 million in Wuhan province, and spread to Iran, Italy, Europe, etc.
• Make America and Europe Healthy Again (MAHA, MEHA)- Dec 2025
• Vitamin D in Slovenia, conservative - 173pages Oct 2025
• Schizophrenia increased 40 percent for Spring births after Danes stopped vitamin D fortification
• Vitamin D in Focus - Misconceptions Corrected - book
• 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%
• Re-emerging problem of iodine deficiency in Europe
• French children prescribed liquid vitamin D - daily, monthly and quarterly
• 65% of UK govt. nutrition advisors are paid by food companies – BMJ
• Vitamin D has treated Multiple Sclerosis and autoimmune diseases for 16 years – Coimbra
• Predict 50nmol if take 600 IU of Vitamin D for 7 months (UK, ignoring BMI, etc)
• UV Blood Irradiation used by 300 US practioners and 3,000 in Europe
• UK incorrectly believes that more than 40 ng of vitamin D increases some health problems
• UK vitamin D levels vs race and obesity (all less than 30 ng)
• Vitamin D winter lasts from 4 to 215 days in Europe
• Vitamin D as get older: more D and less deficiency (UK Health Care workers)
• Vitamin D survey in Scotland, only a few take 400 IU daily
• Vitamin D Conference - 6th Minimum, Maximum, Optimum
• German seniors 10 pct less than 7ng, 92 pct less than 30 ng vitamin D
• \"Vitamin D - minimum, maximum, optimum\" 1 of about 6 vitamin D conferences in 2017
• Review of “Vitamin D - Minimum, Maximum, Optimum” conference of 2017
• Treat autoimmune diseases with high-dose vitamin D – Germany online Aug 24, 25 2019
• Reducing fractures with Vitamin D and Calcium saves 3 dollars for 1 dollar invested – Europe
• Why are so many Victorian killer illnesses making a comeback
• Vitamin D fortification in Europe preventing 27,000 Cancer deaths, could prevent 129,000
• Vitamin D genes vary with UVB in Europe, Africa, Asia
• Fortification of foods: 1200 IU Vitamin D daily is safe
• Recommend 100 IU of vitamin D per kg of infant - Poland
• Vitamin D Deficiency in Europe- need at least 1000 IU to get to even 20 ng – Cashman
• COVID survival in Europe in 2020 best predicted by population-level Vitamin D (of 13 variables)
• Vitamin D, COVID - Campbell and Davis (Video with transcript)
• Vitamin D and poor health of South Asians living in Britain
• Vitamin D doubled from 400 to 800 IU in Ireland during pandemic (need 5X more)
• Polio incident in London - virus detected in sewer
• Vitamin D fortification could eliminate 1 in 10 Cancer deaths in the EU
• Conservative Vitamin D Consensus from Central Europe
• French pediatric consensus: 30 – 60 ng of Vitamin D
• Vitamin D fortification is returning to Finland – now 400 IU per 100 gram of butter
• Vitamin D levels in Finland increased 2000-2011 (supplementation and fortification)
• Vitamin D levels in Europe (some consume a lot of vitamin D)
• COVID winter is coming again in Northern US, Canada, Europe, Russia
• 450,000 COVID-19 deaths in Europe in next 3 months – WHO
• COVID surge in Europe: A preview of what’s ahead for the U.S
• UK COVID-19 increased in early October (too much James Bond or too little sun)
• Sweden has fortified low-fat milk with a small amount of vitamin D since 1983
• Danish study of childhood diseases vs vitamin D fortification
• Vitamin D levels from lowest to highest: Middle East, China. India, S EU. N EU
• UK people and doctors still clueless about vitamin D – Survey
• Poor Vitamin D awareness in UK – 25 percent of parents, 14 percent of doctors properly identified children
• 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)
• COVID-19 vaccine adverse reactions reported 6X more often in Europe than in the US
• French National Academy recommended 100,000 IU of Vitamin D to elderly to fight COVID-19
• 1,000 IU of vitamin D from the sun not available in the winter (Switzerland too)
• 26 X increase in Vitamin D prescriptions for youths in England in 8 years
• Ireland - Vitamin D often less than 20 ng, recommends only 800 IU
• 4 out of 10 Irish have vitamin D levels inadequate even for bone health
• Vitamin D Conference - Ireland
• Less than 18 percent of Irish take vitamin D, and 76 percent have less than 30 ng
• COVID-19 onset strongly associated with latitude in Europe (Vitamin D)
• Evidence of Vitamin D fighting COVID-19 etc. - take 4,000 IU if less than 20 ng (UK)
• Let the Sun shine on you - Gillie
• European COVID-19 2nd wave start dates were associated with latitude (vitamin D), not temperature
• UK parliament members starting to be interested in Vitamin D for COVID-19
• UK considers Vitamin D tests appropriate for only 4 existing health problems,
• Survey: Sunlight always bad (80 pcnt in Great Britain)
• Far fewer COVID-19 deaths in the summer (Europe, Canada)
• Variety of vitamin D loading dose recommendations in the UK - 2011
• People from the Indian continent living in the UK continue to have extremely low levels of Vitamin D
• Vitamin D improves a child’s immune system – can now be claimed in Europe
• Many Ashkenazi Jewish diseases associated with low vitamin D or poor Vit D genes
• Germany does not fortify ANY food with vitamin D, is considering 1000 IU from bread
• Romania joins Turkey in giving free Vitamin D to all infants – 2018
• Live longer if have more than 40 ng of Vitamin D (gene analysis of 10,500 people)
• Vitamin D added to margarine reduced inflammatory bowel disease by 13 percent 30 years later
• European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) found “paucity” of Vitamin D data for infants
• Africans in Europe might only need 19 ng of vitamin D – estimated from PTH
• France wants to reduce hip fractures by drinking 10 glasses of milk daily
• Vitamin D insufficiency in UK youths – 37X more likely if dark skin
• Kelloggs finally doubling the vitamin D in UK cereals (to 100 IU)
• Poland sets the Vitamin D upper limit to 2,000 IU (wrong)
• Light (especially UV) and Health conference – Germany
• Vitamin D and Sun conference – Germany
• UV Winter in Northern but not Souther Europe
• Get enough Vitamin D from UK winter sun (if white skin and believe that 10 ng is enough)
• Vitamin D is low in Europe – 40 percent have less than 20 ng – ODEN
• France is planning to reduce hip fractures by dairy vitamin D fortification (plan will not work) – 2017
• Polish pediatric center: 40 percent took vitamin D
• Vitamin D Conference in Poland
• Vitamin D conference in Berlin
• Conference on Vitamin D in Poland
• Vitamin D workshop- Rank - UK- 2009
• Vitamin D Workshop in Netherlands
• Vitamin D Videos of workshops in Greece – 2017, 2018
• 21st Workshop on Vitamin D - Spain
• Vitamin D conference in England - April 23-25 2014
• Irish supplements had not been taxed, will soon have 23 percent tax
• 34 percent increase in hospital admissions for low vitamin D in a single year (UK)
• Many Italian seniors garden, have high levels of vitamin D and are healthy
• Young white children helped by 1500 IU of vitamin D
• Vitamin D and allergy, asthma, atopic dermatitis, food allergy, autoimmune... 145 slides- 2017
• Vitamin D pill meets new UK guidelines (400 IU)
• Ireland proposing to increase the tax on supplements - such as Vitamin D
• Fracture 4.8 X more likely if low vitamin D, Falls 2.7 X were more likely if low D
• Vitamin D recommendations by Italian Endocrinologists – 40 ng if pregnant, 30 ng if high risk
• Vitamin D level in Greece is just 20 ng, 88 percent have less than 30 ng
• None of the Czech groups got the recommended Vitamin D from food
• 9 minutes of full noon sun daily is all you need (if have white skin and believe that 10 ng is enough)
• Infant Vitamin D – JAMA said 1600 IU, Europe says 1,000 IU upper limit
• 200 IU per 100 gram of egg yoke when add vitamin D to poultry feed in Europe
• European adults can take 4000 IU of vitamin D
• Many Germans have less than 20 ng of vitamin D, hardly any over 40 ng – corrected from 2010
• Germans, like many other Europeans, are vitamin D insufficient - only 12 percent have more than 30 ng - 2015
• Increasing German levels of vitamin D to 30 ng could save 18,300 lives annually
• Vitamin D in Ireland – 400 IU for child, more than 3,200 IU by prescription only
• UK infants are the least likely to get Vitamin D in Europe – political action overdue
• Vast majority of Europeans have less than 30 ng of Vitamin D
• Vitamin D in Europe
• UK deciding to save money – will no longer prescribe and pay for Vitamin D except in a few cases.
• Vitamin D in European children – no consensus on “adequate” levels
• Immigrant vitamin D deficiency in Europe
• NHS (UK) mistakenly says more than 1000 IU of vitamin D can be harmful
• All pregnant women in Scotland to get free vitamin D
• Problems with low UV and vitamin D in Scotland
• Why the UK government ignores evidence for the benefits of Vitamin D
• UK (SACN) is ignoring scores of Vitamin D studies
• Vitamin D testing in Spain increased 3X in 2 years (considering 28,000,000 people)
• Vitamin D levels for UK seniors with health problems
• Sweden will increase vitamin D food fortification a bit in
• Sweden proposes to increase Vitamin D fortification to US levels
• Marks and Spencer (UK) is adding 80 IUs of vitamin D to sandwiches
• Danes opposed to Vitamin D fortification, will get more COPD, diabetes, depression, lupus, leg pain, etc
• Can fortify food with 1000 IU of vitamin D - Italy,
• When to start Vitamin D after European births - UK 180 days, many 6-31 days, the rest 1-5 days
• UK proposes that 10 ng level and 400 IU is enough Vitamin D for everybody (no and no)
• 10X increase in cost of vitamin D per child-year in UK in 6 years
• Vitamin D- the new health scandal - French
• Recent increase in Vitamin D levels in Elite Irish Athletes
• 5,000 IU daily was just enough vitamin D for Irish athletes in the winter
• 80,000 IU monthly winter vitamin D got all healthy people above 20 ng (need more)
• France restricts Vitamin D testing to 4 health problems, paper proposes 5 more
• Many fractures in France could be avoided with Vitamin D
• ODIN: Europeans study vitamin D fortification and testing
• High vitamin D levels in Romanian children – wonder why
• Vitamin D – perhaps a new dawn in the UK
• High vitamin D products (more than 800 IU) are medicines not food supplements: German government
• Vitamin D is the only vitamin which is low in Europe
• Vitamin D in elderly Irish with 800 IU did not vary with season
• 400 IU Vitamin D is enough for majority in UK, even in winter (nope)
• Spread the D word – 2 page do-it-yourself guide for UK Nurses
• 3X increase in UK children who are vitamin D deficient in just 5 years
• Some UK nurses spreading the word about vitamin D
• Osteoporosis Society UK: 20 ng vitamin D is sufficient, loading dose 300,000 IU
• Vitamin D comments by London public
• Vitamin D can quickly deal with Osteoporosis in the very old – Europe working group review
• Rickets in England – huge recent increase
• Most Pregnant Women in Mediterranean Are Vitamin D Deficient
• Only 1 in 10 UK parents had been told about vitamin D by their child’s doctor
• Only 1 in 4 UK children had EVER gotten vitamin D supplements
• Most European infants get vitamin D supplements, vs only 1 in 50 in US
• Vitamin D – The Sunshine Vitamin Most Indoor Workers Are Lacking – Gillie
• Vitamin D can probably stop 'modern' diseases - Gillie 2014
• Vitamin D levels in Europe
• Vitamin D and Bone Health – UK National Osteoporosis Society
• UK program to increase Vitamin D (Healthy Start) continues to be a farce
• 3X more kids were vitamin D deficient when entering UK hospitals than 4 years before
• Post-mortem analysis of children in London Hospital – only 1 child had adequate level of vitamin D
• Healthy Start vitamin D supplementation in UK is a farce
• Free vitamin D for pregnant women in Salford England
• National Osteoporosis Society of UK declares that 12 ng of vitamin D is enough
• Even after informing mothers of the importance of vitamin D supplementation few did so
• UK survey of vitamin D knowledge of midwives - 2011
• Europe vitamin D Upper Limit 1000 IU and 2000 IU - 2002
• Death of Babies in UK due to vitamin D deficiency
• Italian youth vitamin D deficiency increased likelihood: 27X if winter, 5X if obese, etc.
• Goal for Scottish athletes: none will be vitamin D deficient (typically 2 out of 3)
• Top UK soccer coach installed vitamin D booths in his club
• 5,000 IU vitamin D helped UK professional athletes in the winter
• 83 year-old women in Europe have 11 ng of vitamin D
• Vitamin D levels in Germany
• Maternal vitamin D supplementation – only 1 in 300 in Spain
• UK-NICE draft on vitamin D – extremely low doses and levels
• Draft of UK policy on Vitamin D, keeping 10 ng definition
• Presentation: pre and post natal vitamin D, with audience comments – Manchester UK
• Central Europe, like most of the world, has low vitamin D levels (under 30ng)
• Vitamin D for Italians – Senior 2300 IU, if deficient loading dose of at least 300,000 IU– Med Society 2011
• Summary review of Vitamin D for Europe is behind a paywall
• Liverpool is starting universal supplementation and needs high dose vitamin D
• Decreased risk of non-melanoma skin cancer by working outdoors in Europe
• Only 1 in 3 in Scotland is vitamin D deficient ( less than 10 ng)
• Off topic: Analysis of vitamin risk-benefit (rather than just risk) funded in Europe
• Norway to double vitamin D to 400 IU for most and 800 IU for elderly
• Most immigrant women in Sweden had little vitamin D and lots of muscle pain
• NHS in UK on Vitamin D
• Low vitamin D associated with poor regions in the UK, median was 10 ng
• Dark Skinned adults need more than 45 minutes of UK summer sun daily
• 79 percent of TB in East London less 20 ng vitamin D
• To be reimbursed for supplements in the UK the benefits must now be approved by EU
• Huge increase in UK vitamin D prescriptions by
• A look at inner workings of committee looking at vitamin D for UK
• 80 percent of teens in Europe had less than 30 ng of vitamin D
• Vitamin D may not be the only cause of Multiple Sclerosis in Scotland
• 80 percent of South Asian Women in UK had less than 10 ng of vitamin D in winter
• Perhaps Italians have air conditioning too: lower latitudes have less vitamin D
• Rickets associated with 30 percent of infant deaths in rural Netherlands in 1800’s
• Fewer than 15 percent of 5 year-olds getting vitamin D prescriptions in France
• Vitamin D review from Ireland
• UK Milk producer sets vitamin D day, yet UK milk rarely has vitamin D
• Estimate of reduced Nordic mortality if increase UV or vitamin D
• Nutritional Rickets in Denmark especially among immigrant children
• Vitamin D Association - UK
• Germans, Austrians, and Swiss declare that 800 IU and 20 ng vitamin D is enough
• Large Vitamin D website in Germany
• 5 out of 6 UK dark skinned kids who were vitamin D deficient had no symptoms
• UK summers are not long enough to re-stock vitamin D
• Chief UK Medical Officer recommends only 280 IU for children
• UK doctors can now prescribe 800 IU of vitamin D
• UK pediatricians have a lot to learn about vitamin D
• Psychotics in Norway found to be vitamin D deficient
• Finland hopes to double Vitamin D dose for elderly from 400 to 800 IU in 2012
• Mortality and Cancer varies with latitude in France too – 2010
• Vitamin D levels in British Adults -2008
• Scotts having extremely low vitamin D got no, or only minimal treatment
• 28 ng summer and 18 ng winter UK vitamin D levels
• Vitamin D in the UK as reported by one doctor
• Nordic mothers vitamin D deficient even though meet recommendations
• WHO to map vitamin D deficiency in Europe
• Sunlight Robbery - Gillie
• No reduction in Finish fractures with 800 IU Vitamin D3 and Calcium
• Influenza in Norway not reduced by vitamin D
• Finland max 2000 IU vitamin D since cannot get more from food - 2011
• Eclampsia 2X more frequent in Swedish winter
• Modelling Vitamin D from the sun in Poland – 2011
• All babies in Ireland should have 200 IU of vitamin D
• Sun exposure protects children from asthma
• Three free vitamin D books - focus on Scotland 2004-2008
• 2000 IU daily dose of vitamin D would save Germany 37 billion euros
• Germany increases vitamin D to 800 IU
• Poland Vitamin D recommendations - 2009
• 930 IU vitamin D should get most people to 20 ng – Possible Europe standard
• Vitamin D upper limits to be re-examined in Europe
• Vitamin D Conference in Europe