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- Health Effects of Islamic Dress From WikiIslam, the online resource on Islam - 2017
"There is concern among the medical community about some of the health effects of the extreme styles of Islamic dress, with the main issues arising from Vitamin D deficiency due to lack skin exposed to UV light. It has been established by credible scientific evidence that almost all women who observe the full hijab are chronically deficient in Vitamin D.[2] Vitamin D is a vital nutrient and deficiency of this kind can lead to various diseases." - "The concern is not only towards the woman who chooses to observe the more covering forms of Islamic dress but also towards any potenial children she may carry. Infants born to vitamin D deficient mothers have been found to suffer from an increased prevalence of seizures."
- "Due to this reason, serious vitamin D deficiency is wide-spread in many Muslim majority countries. A study performed by doctors at King Fahd University Hospital in Saudi Arabia, showed that out of all 52 women tested, all had seriously deficient levels of Vitamin D and were at risk of many serious health problems, despite living in one of the sunniest places on the planet"
- "According to The Economist magazine’s world rankings, the countries with the highest obesity rates among women are Muslim countries" (8 of the top 10)
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- More brands of Calcitriol plus Calcium than Cholecalciferol (Vit D) in India, both have huge price ranges – Nov 2024
- India and vitamin D - many studies
- A poor gene (SDR42E1) can greatly reduce Vitamin D from the sun (may be prevalent in the Middle East) – Aug 2024
- Depression cost-effectively reduced by 50,000 IU of Vitamin D monthly (Iranian teens) – July 2023
- Infertile women had less Vitamin D (Baghdad in this case) – June 2023
- Mortality reduced if Vitamin D levels raised to 30 ng ( Middle East this time) - Grant Oct 2022
- Vitamin D Conference – 9th Abu Dhabi – Oct 2022
- Low vitamin D is big problem during pregnancies (Saudi Arabia in this case) – Aug 2022
- COVID 3X more likely if a poor Receptor (cells get less Vitamin D from the blood) – July 2022
- Poor sleep associated with low Vitamin D (pregnant Saudis in the case) – Jun 2022
- Vitamin D helps some child health problems in Pakistan – May 2022
- Long-Haul COVID after 3 months – only 5 percent had even 30 ng of Vitamin D – April 2022
- Diabetes prevented by 50,000 IU vitamin D monthly (Iran) – Jan 2022
- Infants have gotten free 400 IU of vitamin D in Turkey since 2005, More for longer would be even better – Feb 2022
- 400 IU of vitamin D helped a few adults (Orthodox Jewish mothers - heavy clothing) – 2001
- Two thirds of South Asians have low Vitamin D (less than 20 ng) – meta-analysis Oct 2021
- Very low Vitamin D in Indian pregnancies– 1 in 3 women not even have 20 ng – meta-analysis June 2021
- Vitamin D levels increased in Saudi Arabia over a decade (more sun or supplements) – Sept 2021
- 2.5 X more health compaints in children and youths if low vitamin D – Jan 2021
- Vitamin D has eliminated ICU COVID-19 in hospital in Dubai since June - Sept 26, 2020
- Hospital COVID-19 observation: 7X more likely to live if more than 20 ng of vitamin D– Nov 19, 2020
- 60,000 IU dose of VItamin D (weekly, monthly) is popular in India
- COVID-19 increased 3.5 X if Ultra-Orthodox (cloth) Sept, 2020
- Saudi study defines normal Vitamin D level to be 50 to 70 ng (diabetes, etc.) - June 2020
- Vitamin D genes vary with UVB in Europe, Africa, Asia – March 2020
- 2,000 IU vitamin D is the smallest dose in Saudi Arabia (GCC statement) – March 2020
- Middle Eastern women living in Sweden 23X higher risk to be anxious if low vitamin D – Feb 2020
- Obese taking 50,000 IU of vitamin D weekly lost more weight (again) – RCT Dec 2019
- Turkey needs to give Vitamin D to children too (infants get D for free) – June 2019
- Miraculous Physiological Activities of Vitamin D (30 to 100 ng) – Dec 2019
- Vitamin D levels from lowest to highest: Middle East, China. India, S EU. N EU – Dec 2019
- Vitamin D added to cooking oil increased D by 9 ng improved health (Iran) – Oct 2019
- Children in India – 1 in 7 extremely low Vitamin D, 1 in 10 prediabetic – Sept 2019
- Vitamin D levels of Iranians with MS is lowest in summer (avoid the hot sun) – Aug 2019
- Women wearing hijab in tropics need at least 1 hour noon sun daily in summer – June 2019
- Vitamin D Receptor, the gut, the immune system, and the Middle East – May 2019
- Need 1 hour of noon sun to get Hijab women to 20 ng of Vitamin D (cloth) – June 2019
- Summer SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder) – Middle East June 2019
- Vitamin D level of outdoor workers in India was only 18 ng– May 2019
- Iranian low vitamin D levels have been increasing – April 2019
- International Conference on Vitamin D Deficiency – 8th Abu Dhabi – April 2019
- 450,000 IU of vitamin D over 9 weeks given to 100,000 teenage Iranian girls helped their livers – Feb 2019
- 85 ng of vitamin D in soldiers deployed to sunny Afghanistan – Jan 2019
- Swedish TV Warns 'Dark-Skinned' People, Muslims of Vitamin D Deficiency - Dec 2018
- All preteen aged girls in India taking 2,000 IU of vitamin D got levels above 20 ng – RCT Nov 2018
- International Conference of Vitamin D Fortification of Food (India) – Sept 2018
- Low levels of Vitamin D in UAE juveniles (virtually none had 30 ng) – Jan 2018
- Doctors not consistent on prescribing Vitamin D (Pakistan in this case) July 2018
- Fetal femur bone length associated with maternal vitamin D – March 2018
- Pregnant Arab women 25 X more likely to have low vitamin D if indoors a lot – April 2018
- Top 5 health concerns of women in UAE (all have been treated by Vitamin D) – April 2018
- Low vitamin D in 92 percent in Bahrain hospital - March 2018
- Saudi infants – 4 in 10 have low Vitamin D, 8 in 10 have low Calcium (hypocalcemia) – March 2018
- Elderly Influenza deaths do not increase in winter in countries with high vitamin D levels
- Extreme Vitamin D deficiency in most low middle income countries which had studies – Jan 2018
- Vitamin D levels in Iran increasing somewhat since 2001 – Dec 2017
- Turkey recommended 1200 IU Vitamin D during pregnancy, only 1 in 7 took more than 1,000 IU – Sept 2017
- Preeclampsia recurrence reduced 2 X by 50,000 IU of vitamin D every two weeks – RCT July 2017
- Vitamin D fortification of edible oils in India starting in 2017
- Mandatory Vitamin D screening for all patients – vitamin D conference in Middle East – March 2017
- Weak bones (Osteopenia) in 93 percent of women in Pakistan attending University and wearing Islamic clothes – March 2017
- Preterm labor 20 times more likely if low vitamin D, etc. (India) – Feb 2017
- Type II Diabetes in children in India increased 4 X in 20 years – Nov 2016
- Much more than 2,000 IU of vitamin D is needed daily (Middle East studies agree) – meta-analysis Nov 2016
- Vitamin D deficiency a big problem in Pakistan, similar to India – July 2016
- Vitamin D deficiency 4X more likely if illiterate or have bone pain – Lahore Pakistan – Oct 2015
- Vitamin D given to ALL high schools girls in Iran – 75 percent deficiency dropped to 6 percent – April 2016
- Universal pregnancy vitamin D supplementation for a hospital in India – study stopped after 1 month – April 2016
- Professional soccer players in region with very hot sun – 89 percent low vitamin D – March 2016
- Ethnicity and low vitamin D levels during pregnancy – Jan 2016
- Saudi pregnancies – only 1 in 16 had even 20 nanograms of vitamin D – Nov 2015
- Burka clothing reduces vitamin D levels, which causes pregnancy problems – Oct 2015
- Migrants from Middle East are slightly more vitamin D deficient than those from Africa - meta-analysis Aug 2015
- Saudi females twice as likely to be vitamin D deficient as males (cloth) – July 2015
- 96 percent of Iranian children have low vitamin D and markers of metabolic syndrome– Sept 2014
- ADHD in Arab countries – vitamin D is the only changeable risk factor – review April 2015
- Painful to be a female Saudi teacher (very low vitamin D) – Nov 2014
- 1 in 6 critically ill in India have high levels of vitamin D (100 ng) – March 2015
- Iran giving seniors 5,000 IU of vitamin D - monthly unfortunately - March 2015
- Backache strongly associated with low vitamin D – July 2014
- International Conference on Vitamin D Deficiency – 4th Abu Dhabi – March 2015
- 80 percent of young adults had low vitamin D tests in Mumbai India - 2011
- Only takes 10 minutes of sun to make a month’s worth of vitamin D while wearing the Hijab (NOT) Oct 2014
- 84 percent had less than 30 ng of vitamin D (10,000 patients in Saudi Arabia) Sept 2014
- VPS Healthcare in Abu Dhabi invested million dollars in Vitamin D research - Sept 2014
- Middle East and Vitamin D
- Premenopausal Breast Cancer 10X more likely if total body coverage (Iran) – 2014
- Obesity strongly associated with vitamin D receptor in Saudia Arabia – July 2014
- Turkey has yet not learned to GIVE vitamin D DURING pregnancy (5 ng average) – May 2014
- Adding 4,000 IU of vitamin D daily at 20 weeks pregnancy not help much – RCT March 2014
- Lower Magnesium associated with lower Vitamin D in Iranian teens – Jan 2014
- Why India's vitamin D deficiency is grim - 40 pages Feb 2014
- Osteopenia in 25 % of 40 year olds in UAE (low vitamin D) – Jan 2014
- Vitamin D sachets in India – fewer than a third had the stated amount – Nov 2013
- Asthma strongly related to vitamin D deficiency in Turkey – Dec 2013
- 1 in 4 Iranian patients did not achieve 20 ng with 3700 IU vitamin D daily for a year after fracture – Nov 2013
- Vitamin D deficiency is a major global public health problem – Maps Nov 2013
- Hypothesis: Why so many females in the Middle East are now Vitamin D Deficient
- Newborns in sunny Jordan have very low Vitamin D (histogram) – Nov 2013
- Iran Multiple Sclerosis review finds huge increase in women (no mention of clothing) – Nov 2013
- Vitamin D deficiency in Rheumatology clinics in Iran (D increases with age)– May 2013
- Middle East women have low vitamin D levels, almost independent of dress style – Dec 2012
- Rickets reduced 60X - lessons learned by Turkey 2011
- Hypovitaminosis D in the Middle East and North Africa - May 2013
- Took 4 months of 400 IU vitamin D for Iranian infants to get serum level of 30 ng – June 2013
- Turkey prescribed 400 IU for all infants, with loading dose for those with rickets – 2005
- Nutritional rickets. In Turkey – 2010
- Vitamin D deficiency in Middle East and North Africa - June 2013
- More hijab clothing may have resulted in 6X increase in Multiple Sclerosis in Tehran – May 2013
- Vitamin D Conference – Abu Dhabi – March 2013
- If heavily clothed, very little vitamin D – Dec 2012
- Is the Iranian Revolution to Blame for the Increasing Incidence of Multiple Sclerosis in Iran
- Arabs have even lower levels of vitamin D than Jews in sunny Israel – Feb 2012
- Diabetes in Saudi women improved with just 2,000 IU of vitamin D – July 2012
- Atopic dermatitis dramatically reduced in Iran with 1600 IU of vitamin D – RCT March 2012
- Vitamin D levels in the Middle East: very low, especially in summer – June 2012
- Death rate 2X higher at age 60 if low vitamin D - 180,000 in Israel May 2012
- Concealing Clothing in Canada: half the level of vitamin D in blood – May 2012
- Abu Dhabi 2012 - Haq
- Very poor knowledge of vitamin D deficiency, even after diagnosis in Kuwait - March 2012
- Vitamin D deficiency (less than 14 ng) all seasons in Iran – 2011
- 70 pcnt of Saudi women were extremely vitamin D deficient, but only 40 pcnt of men – March 2012
- 76 percent of young adults in western India had less than 20 ng of vitamin D – Aug 2011
- International Symposium on Vitamin D Deficiency - Abu Dhabi March 2012
- Rickets in 30 percent of infants in India who had low vitamin D – March 2011
- Avoid the hot sun and thus vitamin D in the Middle East – Oct 2011
- Metabolic Syndrome reduced 2X after one year of more sunlight - Nov 2011
- Osteoporosis increasing and vitamin D decreasing in Middle East - Oct 2011
- Excessive clothes and being indoors results in very low vitamin D levels – Nov 2011
- Review of Vitamin D Deficiencies in developing countries - Oct 2011
- Vitamin D in blood is higher in winter than summer – in Middle-East Sept 2011
- Military in hot climates and vitamin D deficiency - 2010
- Jordanian women vitamin D – 16 ng if Western clothing – 12 ng otherwise – Aug 2011
- MS new cases increased 2.5X in 2 years in Isfahan Iran – Aug 2011
- 400 IU vitamin D appeared to prevent infant rickets in Turkey – June 2011
- Iranian vitamin D levels 13 ng summer, 12 ng winter – June 2011
- Overview Middle East and vitamin D
- Parkinson disease increased in Israel by 50 percent in 7 years – June 2011
- Turkey gave 400 IU vitamin D to all infants and reduced Rickets by 60X - 2011
- Yet again – vitamin D levels very low in sunny Saudia Arabia – April 2011
- 33 percent of pregnant women in Turkey had undetectable vitamin D levels – May 2011
- Vitamin D levels in Israel vs skin type and age – Mar 2011
- Red Alert – one in three pre-teens in Tehran had less than 5 ng of vitamin D – Feb 2011
- 23 ng of vitamin D in sunny Israel – Dec 2010
- Concealing clothing resulted in only 8 ng vitamin D – Feb 2011
- Only 19 percent of Turkish mothers had normal levels of vitamin D – 2009
- Ultra-orthodox Jews also suffer from 10 ng vitamin D levels (cloth) – Nov 2010
- Young Israeli athletes and dancers had just 25 ng of vitamin D – Sept 2010
- Arab preterm infants often have less than 10 ng of vitamin D - 2010
- Majority of infant seizures in India due to lack of vitamin D - July 2010
- Less than 4 ng is more common in Saudis than diabetic Saudis – July 2010
- Even in Sunny Areas, Vitamin D Intake Often Too Low - May 2010
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