Pages tagged with "Middle East - Saudi"

• Elderly with low vitamin D were depressed, anxious, or stressed (Saudi Arabia)
• Low Vitamin D is associated with risk of Depression 5X, Stress 4.8 X, and Anxiety 3.9 X (Saudi Arabia college students)
• Reduce 4 health problems by a quarter if increase Vitamin D to 30 ng – Saudi Arabia, Grant
• Inflammatory markers reduced by single 80,000 IU of vitamin D (Saudi)
• Low vitamin D is big problem during pregnancies (Saudi Arabia in this case)
• Possible large Vitamin D intervention trial to increase longevity in Saudi Arabia etc.
• Poor sleep associated with low Vitamin D (pregnant Saudis in the case)
• Vitamin D levels increased in Saudi Arabia over a decade (more sun or supplements)
• Saudi study defines normal Vitamin D level to be 50 to 70 ng (diabetes, etc.)
• 2,000 IU vitamin D is the smallest dose in Saudi Arabia (GCC statement)
• Many fertilization and pregnancy problems associated with low vitamin D in Saudi Arabia
• Saudi infants – 4 in 10 have low Vitamin D, 8 in 10 have low Calcium (hypocalcemia)
• Saudi pregnancies – only 1 in 16 had even 20 nanograms of vitamin D
• Saudi females twice as likely to be vitamin D deficient as males (cloth)
• Undetected Celiac Disease found in 2 percent at Saudi medical college
• Painful to be a female Saudi teacher (very low vitamin D)
• 84 percent had less than 30 ng of vitamin D (10,000 patients in Saudi Arabia)
• Obesity strongly associated with vitamin D receptor in Saudia Arabia
• Saudi have very little vitamin D fortification of food
• Diabetes in Saudi women improved with just 2,000 IU of vitamin D