Pages tagged with "Far from equator"
- Multiple Sclerosis incidence is still associated with latitude
- Heart Attacks in men 13 percent more likely if 10 degrees further North (Sweden)
- Canadian pregnancies have enough vitamin D – if white, summer, supplement, eat meat, etc.
- Genes evolve to adapt to excess or low vitamin D (Eskimo, Reindeer, etc.)
- Many diseases increase with latitude (low UV, Vitamin D)
- Half as many teeth problems if higher cord blood level of vitamin D
- Increased incidence of 7 cancers if live far from equator (if not take vitamin D)
- Vitamin D varies with latitude - map of Chile
- Swedish TV Warns 'Dark-Skinned' People, Muslims of Vitamin D Deficiency
- Multiple Sclerosis incidence varies with latitude (noted in Brazil too)
- Alaska recommends more vitamin D: Infancy 800 IU, Pregnancy 1400 IU (avoid rickets)
- Esophageal Cancer 40 percent less likely in parts of UK with more sun (vitamin D)
- Vitamin D needed for 12 ng in winter in Finland – Whites 320 IU, Blacks 720 IU
- Multiple Sclerosis rates are highest in Canada (far from equator)
- Multiple Sclerosis 2X more likely if low winter UV
- Russian children need 2,000-4,000 IU of Vitamin D to get most above 40 ng
- Vitamin D levels in Alaska are decreasing – does less fish mean less health
- Canadian Paediatric Society – vitamin D recommendations unchanged since 2007
- Half a billion people live with little vitamin D from the sun
- Alaskan natives now eat far less fish and have far lower levels of vitamin D
