Pages tagged with "Vitamin D2"

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

• Overview Vitamin D3 not D2
• Graphs of diseases vs vitamin D levels - and D3 vs D2
• Vitamin D3 for Vegans - many studies
• Vitamin D3 better than D2, especially if non-daily or high dose - meta-analysis
• Vitamin D3 is 40% better than D2 if normal weight, no difference if overweight –Meta-analysis
• Vitamin D2 lowers the levels of Vitamin D3 in the blood - meta-analysis
• Vitamin D3 but not D2 reduces mortality – meta-analysis
• Vitamin D3 levels decreased by consumption of UV mushrooms – meta-analysis
• Vitamin D reduces risk of cause specific death, unless it is D2 – meta-analysis BMJ
• Vitamin D3 is much better than D2, especially if not taken daily – meta-analysis
• Vitamin D3 much better than D2 for loading doses– meta-analysis
• 100,000 IU of Vitamin D3 monthly for 4 months to diabetics (D2 bombed) – RCT
• Vitamin D2 again decreased vitamin D3 levels – RCT
• Hemodialysis not helped by weekly vitamin D2 – RCT
• Vitamin D2 decreases levels of D3 (again) and visa versa – RCT
• 50,000 IU of vitamin D weekly (D3 or D2) got two thirds of cystic fibrosis patients to 30 nanograms – RCT
• Vitamin D2 from cooked mushroom added virtually no vitamin D to bloodstream - RCT
• Vitamin D2 DECREASED blood levels of Vitamin D3 by 12 ng – RCT
• Vitamin D3 increased and Vitamin D2 decreased the D3 serum levels – RCT
• During brown bear hibernation Vitamin D3 decreases but D2 increases (surprise)
• No FDA-approved prescription vitamin D3 (just D2)
• Vitamin D3, not D2 (top 5 reasons)
• If you have a vitamin D prescription, be sure that it is for D3
• Vitamin D2 substantially reduced lumbar degenerative disease
• 600,000 IU of Vitamin D2 is rarely toxic in infants
• 600,000 IU of vitamin D2 every 4 months for decades in East Germany – 1987
• COVID symptoms improved in 7 instead of 10 days with 600,000 IU Vitamin D2 injection
• Reduction in cardiovascular death: Coca: -26, Statins -13
• Vitamin D2 from food – perhaps 80 IU daily
• Health insurance companies often pay for vitamin D2, but not D3
• Vitamin D2 is still often prescribed, even though a decade of studies have found it to be inferior to D3
• Vitamin D2 10X more bio-available when in grains of pollen
• UVB increased Vitamin D2 in mushrooms
• Muscle Strength improved 1.4 to 19 percent by vitamin D3 (not D2) – systematic review
• Vitamin D deficiency somewhat treated with weekly 50000 IU Vitamin D2
• Vitamin D3 instead of D2
• Vitamin D2 improved sexual hormones, erectile function etc
• Cooked mushrooms (Vitamin D2) did not increase vitamin D serum levels
• Mushroom vitamin D2 update – 200 to 1000 IU per 100 gram
• Vitamin D from mushroom or supplements decreased vitamin D3 in the body
• Vitamin D2 not help – again ( T1 diabetes– which has been helped by D3)
• D3 far better than D2 at increasing Vitamin D levels (NCAA in this case),
• Vitamin D2 should not be used as a Vitamin supplement for any mammal
• It’s Time to Say “Goodbye” to Vitamin D2 - 2015
• 50,000 IU DAILY Vitamin D2 mistake detected after 2 months
• Vitamin D2 from bread yeast is 4 times less bioaccessible than D2 in milk
• Rheumatoid Arthritis sometimes helped by very high dose vitamin D2 – 1935
• India wants to cure Vitamin D Deficiency, unfortunately by fortifying with D2 not D3
• Doctor prescribed 200,000 IU Vitamin D2 weekly during pregnancy (wrong type, far too much)
• It’s (way past) time to stop prescribing with Vitamin D2 (ergocalciferol)
• Vitamin D2 and Calcipotriol (psoriasis drug) increase Vitamin D3 getting to cells
• IBD less costly when treated with vitamin D3 compared to D2
• Knee osteoarthritis helped by vitamin D2 (40,000 IU weekly raised 57 % above 30 ng)
• Statin-induced Myalgias corrected with 100000 weekly Vitamin D2
• Nurses still wondering when to use Vitamin D2 (vets decided a decade ago to not use D2 on any mammals)
• Caution When Prescribing High Dose Vitamin D (100,000 IU D2 daily for is too much after 4 years)
• Primates Nutrient Requirements – 2003
• FDA raises the amount of vitamin D2 fortification in bread
• Loading dose of Vitamin D2 REDUCED vitamin D blood in a third of the patients
• Vitamin D2 patent granted to prevent hair loss during chemotherapy – 2002
• Large dose of vitamin D2 did not help (no surprise – avg 1700 IU daily)
• 7100 IU vitamin D2 for 3 months did not treat Coronary Artery Disease
• Following large doses of vitamin D2, Vitamin D3 doses were unable to achieve sufficiency
• Hair loss in women associated with low levels of both iron and vitamin D2
• Fatigue substantially reduced by 450,000 IU Vitamin D2 spread over 5 weeks
• 10 million IU of vitamin D3 for cows was great unless had vitamin D2
• Vitamin D2 treatment reduced the Vitamin D3 blood test results by half
• Vitamin D3 associated with fewer psychotic episodes, D2 with more
• Why vitamin D might not help me
• 300,000 IU of vitamin D2 reduced inflammation markers (cytokines and chemokines)
• Vitamin D3 far better than D2 for hemodialysis
• Response to Vitamin D3 varied with rs4588, D2 less response than D3 and did not change
• Paricalcitol better than vitamin D2 for Chronic Kidney disease
• Vitamin D3 far better than D2 at raising infant vitamin D blood levels
• Vitamin D2 did not help Lupus (no surprise, D2 was given weekly)
• Vitamin D review from Ireland
• Some Infants with 400 IU daily of Vitamin D2 actually decreased serum levels
• D2 may reduce academic performance
• Alzheimer’s patients not on medication have very low levels of Vitamin D2
• Vitamin D2 intervention increased elderly muscle strength
• Sarcoidosis – low on vitamin D3 but OK or high level of D2
• 50000 IU vitamin D2 weekly helped blacks with heart problems
• Vitamin D2 half-life about 13 days
• Vitamin D3 better than D2
• Very poor knowledge of vitamin D deficiency, even after diagnosis in Kuwait
• Chance of a fall decreased with vitamin D3 but increased with D2
• MS worse with Vitamin D2
• Perhaps Vitamin D3 is better than D2 for Chronic Kidney Disease
• Prescription Vitamin D (D2) Not Suitable for Supplementation Say Researchers
• Vitamin D2 loading doses did not increase, and may have decreased blood levels
• Vitamin D2 decreased vitamin D3 levels in the blood
• Vitamin D3 and D2 had different associations
• Fibromalgia reduced with 50,000 IU weekly vitamin D2
• Anorexia Nervosa not helped by a dose of 50000 IU of vitamin D2
• Can triple the vitamin D in carrots
• Calcium with Vitamin D2 then D3 helps A-A after heart failure
• Vitamin D3 Is 1.9X better than D2
• Vitamin D2 repletion – 50000 IU 3X per week is best – 2009
• IOM vitamin D Nov 30 - what then
• TB not helped by 300000 IU Vitamin D2
• Average of less than 2000 IU of vitamin D2 did not help bone health
• Vitamin D2 D3 and calcitriol – not much in the abstract
• GlutenDoctors on D3 better than D2 and problems with Vitamin A
• D3 better than D2 by VitaminDSurvivor (Pegram)
• D2 as good as D3 in Orange Juice