Reported in Belfast Telegraph
Article does not mention any exercise
Presented at European Congress on Obesity in Prague, Czech Republic
The following was apparently a poster presented May 8:
VITAMIN D SUPPLEMENTATION PROMOTES WEIGHT LOSS AND WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE REDUCTION IN OVERWEIGHT /OBESE ADULTS WITH HYPOVITAMINOSIS D , Vigna L.1, Lonati C.1, Sommaruga D.2, Tirelli A. S.3, Riboldi L.1 Italy
Found email on the internet: luisella.vigna at policlinico.mi.it
400 obese or overweight adults – 6 doses in 6 months
Monthly Dose | Weight loss kg | Weight loss pounds |
Placebo | 1.2 kg | 2.6 lb |
25,000 IU | 3.8 kg | 8.4 lb |
100,000 IU | 5.4 kg | 11.9 lb |
Will try to get more information
Can speculate even greater weight loss in a RCT which:
- Start with a loading dose - say 50,000 IU daily for the first week
- Used a higher dose of vitamin D - perhaps 50,000 IU weekly (= 200,000 IU monthly)
- Added 100 mg of Magnesium daily- in the form of Magnesium Chloride
Magnesium (in the water) can increase the response to a dose of vitamin D
Perhaps the adults in this study drank hard water (Magnesium)
That is, perhaps there was something in the water
See also VitaminDWiki
- Dieters lost 5 more pounds if achieved more than 32 ng of vitamin D – RCT March 2014
- The Vitamin D Diet – book Sept 2012
- Need 40 to 80 ng of vitamin D to lose weight – Colgan Sept 2013
- Low-calorie diets mimicked by Vitamin D – Dec 2016
- Overweight women on caloric restriction diet got 3X benefits from 8 weeks of Omega-3 – RCT Dec 2015
Overview Obesity and Vitamin D contains the following summary
- FACT: People who are obese have less vitamin D in their blood
- FACT: Obese need a higher dose of vitamin D to get to the same level of vit D
- FACT: When obese people lose weight the vitamin D level in their blood increases
- FACT: Adding Calcium, perhaps in the form of fortified milk, often reduces weight
- FACT: 168 trials for vitamin D intervention of obesity as of Dec 2021
- FACT: Less weight gain by senior women with > 30 ng of vitamin D
- FACT: Dieters lost additional 5 lbs if vitamin D supplementation got them above 32 ng - RCT
- FACT: Obese lost 3X more weight by adding $10 of Vitamin D
- FACT: Those with darker skins were more likely to be obese Sept 2014
- OBSERVATION: Low Vitamin D while pregnancy ==> more obese child and adult
- OBSERVATION: Many mammals had evolved to add fat and vitamin D in the autumn
- and lose both in the Spring - unfortunately humans have forgotten to lose the fat in the Spring
- SPECULATION: Low vitamin D might be one of the causes of obesity – several studies
- SUGGESTION: Probably need more than 4,000 IU to lose weight if very low on vitamin D due to
risk factors such as overweight, age, dark skin, live far from equator,shut-in, etc. - Obesity category has
442 items See also: Weight loss and Vitamin D - many studies Child Obesity and Vitamin D - many studies Obesity, Virus, and Vitamin D - many studies
Obese need more Vitamin D
- Normal weight Obese (50 ng = 125 nanomole)
- Normal weight Obese (50 ng = 125 nanomole)
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