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Vitamin D varies with latitude
Many diseases increase with latitude (low UV, Vitamin D)
Russia and Vitamin D - many studies
Iceland and Vitamin D - many studies
After years of adding vitamin D, Finland now has 38 ng levels - March 2022
2400 IU of vitamin D needed to get most Northern adults above 20 ng – June 2020
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- Very low levels of vitamin D in the Arctic (only 1% of teens have 30 ng level) – Oct 2023
- 1 in 5 Canadians have inadequate Vitamin D (less than 16 ng), far more if dark skinned – Canada April 2023
- Depression in Icelandic men 2.5 X more likely if vitamin D deficient – Nov 2015
- Health can be greatly improved by weekly 50,000 IU of Vitamin D - video Lahore - March 2023
- Russia and Vitamin D - many studies
- Iceland and Vitamin D - many studies
- Free 1,600 IU Vitamin D daily during pregnancy helps a lot (natives in Alaska) – Sept 2022
- Arctic school children in Russia: only 1 in 11 has more than 30 ng of Vitamin D – April 2022
- Canadian immigrants have lower vitamin D levels and more chronic diseases – April 2022
- Happiest country on earth has a high Vitamin D level (Finland, with little sun) – March 2022
- After years of adding vitamin D, Finland now has 38 ng levels - March 2022
- Low Vitamin D if little UVB, supplementation helps (Antarctica) – meta-analysis Dec 2021
- Multiple Sclerosis varies with latitude while young – March 2021
- 2400 IU of vitamin D needed to get most Northern adults above 20 ng – June 2020
- Middle Eastern women living in Sweden 23X higher risk to be anxious if low vitamin D – Feb 2020
- 95 percent of pregnant women in Finland took vitamin D – PHD Dissertation Dec 2019
- Low Vitamin D in Nordic countries – supplementation, fortification, only 20 ng – Jan 2020
- Vitamin D tests for Canadian BC adults can only be ordered by specialists – Oct 2019
- Multiple Sclerosis incidence is still associated with latitude – Nov 2019
- Heart Attacks in men 13 percent more likely if 10 degrees further North (Sweden) – Nov 2019
- Canadian pregnancies have enough vitamin D – if white, summer, supplement, eat meat, etc. – Nov 2019
- Genes evolve to adapt to excess or low vitamin D (Eskimo, Reindeer, etc.) – June 2019
- Many diseases increase with latitude (low UV, Vitamin D)
- Half as many teeth problems if higher cord blood level of vitamin D – March 2019
- Increased incidence of 7 cancers if live far from equator (if not take vitamin D) – March 2019
- Vitamin D varies with latitude
- Swedish TV Warns 'Dark-Skinned' People, Muslims of Vitamin D Deficiency - Dec 2018
- Multiple Sclerosis incidence varies with latitude (noted in Brazil too) – Nov 2015
- Alaska recommends more vitamin D: Infancy 800 IU, Pregnancy 1400 IU (avoid rickets) Sept 2018
- Esophageal Cancer 40 percent less likely in parts of UK with more sun (vitamin D) – Feb 2018
- Vitamin D needed for 12 ng in winter in Finland – Whites 320 IU, Blacks 720 IU – July 2018
- Multiple Sclerosis rates are highest in Canada (far from equator) – May 2018
- Multiple Sclerosis 2X more likely if low winter UV – June 2018
- Russian children need 2,000-4,000 IU of Vitamin D to get most above 40 ng - Dec 2017
- Vitamin D levels in Alaska are decreasing – does less fish mean less health – Aug 2017
- Canadian Paediatric Society – vitamin D recommendations unchanged since 2007 – Jan 2017
- Half a billion people live with little vitamin D from the sun – Dec 2016
- Alaskan natives now eat far less fish and have far lower levels of vitamin D – July 2016
- Many autoimmune diseases associated with latitude and vitamin D receptor – March 2016
- Ethnicity and low vitamin D levels during pregnancy – Jan 2016
- Canadians have a hard time getting 1,000 IU of vitamin D from the sun – July 2015
- Swedish people in far North have OK vitamin D levels (perhaps from diet) – May 2015
- Vitamin D levels remain acceptable for a few months into the winter – Feb 2015
- Nordic countries upping vitamin D to 400 IU daily (not enough) - Nov 2014
- Sun holidays are an important, but expensive, source of vitamin D in Sweden - Sept 2013
- Veiled Somali pregnant women in Sweden had low vitamin D and were weak – Dec 2013
- Vitamin D deficiency is a major global public health problem – Maps Nov 2013
- Vitamin D deficiency diseases in dark skinned people living far from equator – Meta-analysis Oct 2013
- 20 ng is enough vitamin D for healthy Nordic Caucasians: 5th Nordic meta-analysis – Oct 2013
- Suggest more vitamin D above the Arctic Circle – May 2013
- Dark Skinned adults need more than 45 minutes of UK summer sun daily – June 2013
- Don’t be pregnant in Scotland – March 2013
- Vitamin D deficiency varies with latitude in Asia, as it does elsewhere – Jan 2013
- Schizophrenia high and increasing in Canada – lower vitamin D and more dark skin – Feb 2013
- Vitamin D Far from equator
- IBD in Finland – 3X increase in 15 years, more prevalent further from equator – Nov 2012
- Dark skinned pregnant women far from equator were very vitamin D deficient – Sept 2012
- Mortality varies with latitude in the UK – Feb 2011
- Half of the US will be people of color – wonder how many will be vitamin D deficient
- Vitamin D from phototherapy lamps, tanning beds, and the sun – Jan 2012
- Inuits eating seal and whale meat had 25 ng of vitamin D – June 2012
- Vitamin D and Inuit (dark skin) – April 2012
- 45 percent of Tasmanian adults vitamin D deficient in the winter – April 2012
- 40 percent of Canadian children preparing for surgery had less than 30 ng of vitamin D – Feb 2012
- Dark skin does not generate as much vitamin D from the same amount of UV – Nov 2011
- 1700 IU vitamin D (50000 monthly) helped antarctic explorers – RCT Jan 2012
- Hypothesis: Inuit do not need as much vitamin D – Nov 2011
- Use of tanning beds would reduce associated deaths by 10X – Oct 2011
- Why has the MS latitude gradient disappeared – Oct 2011
- Graphs of diseases vs vitamin D levels - and D3 vs D2- April 2011
- Disadvantaged get less sun and have poor health in the North– Aug 2011
- How did people used to get vitamin D when far from equator in the Winter
- Inuit and vitamin D
- Race vs vitamin D level - Veith May 2011
- People with no UV for 6 months in the winter need at least 2000 IU of vitamin D – April 2011
- MS is related to latitude – conclusion from 321 studies – April 2011
- Latitude may not be too associated with vitamin D – Masterjohn Dec 2010
- Only 18 percent of Swedes got recommended amount of vitamin D – Feb 2011
- 744 IU vitamin D needed by Northern white teens to prevent Rickets – Jan 2011
- Alaskan Resolutions to increase vitamin D
- Schizophrenia and vitamin D have latitude-related genes – Nov 2010
- Brain cancer in 175 countries related to low UVB and low vitamin D – Oct 2010
- 6th Canadian province may stop paying for vitamin D testing – Sept 2010
- Increased TB if less than 30 ng or greater than 56 ng of vitamin D – June 2010
- Breastfed infants in Germany with 250 IU of vitamin D got to 56ng – Sept 2010
- US Cities with least amount of sunshine - top 15 all in Washington
- UK elderly need vitamin D – 86 percent less than 30 ng - Jan 2010
- 75 percent of Canadians less than 30 ng vitamin D in winter – Aug 2010
- Inuit preschoolers were very vitamin D deficient – Aug 2010
- Patient UK on vitamin D - July 2010
- Vitamin D associated with tPA (heart) for 50 year olds in UK – May 2010
- MS onset 2 years earlier in northern latitudes – June 2010
- UK workshop on diet, sunlight, and vitamin D status – June 2010
- Half of Canadian elderly achieved 30 ng with just 560 IU – Jan 2010
- Headaches vary with latitude and season and perhaps vitamin D as well -May 2010
- Even eating whale blubber does not provide enough vitamin D
- Sunlight robbery in the UK May 2010
- Solar radiation, vitamin D and cancer incidence and mortality in Norway
- Eskimos evolved to get and limit Vitamin D from food
- Breast Cancer vs latitude
Vitamin D Far from Equator
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