233 items in Vitamin D in Europe category
- Vast majority of Europeans have less than 30 ng of Vitamin D – Aug 2016 has the following table and chart
% of Europeans with < 30 nanograms – after adjustment of readings
Study Countries < 30 ng
HELENA 9 EU 97%
OPUS Denmark 87%
Tromsø Study: Fit Futures Norway 96%
HGS Greece 97%
INNS Greece 90%
Cork BASELINE Birth Ireland 84%
NDNS 1–18 y United Kingdom 90%
NDNS >18 y United Kingdom 91%
DEG4 Germany 91%
Tromsø Study–6th Survey Norway 75%
NHS Netherlands 78%
LASA Netherlands 68%
AGES–Reykjavik Iceland 86%
Finnish Migrant Health . . Finland 89%
NANS Ireland 81%
Health 2011 Finland 76%
HUBRO Norway 66%
Health 2006 Denmark 68%
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65% of UK govt. nutrition advisors are paid by food companies – BMJ Sept 2024
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Re-emerging problem of iodine deficiency in Europe - July 2024
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Predict 50nmol if take 600 IU of Vitamin D for 7 months (UK, ignoring BMI, etc) – June 2024
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UK incorrectly believes that more than 40 ng of vitamin D increases some health problems – June 2024
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UK vitamin D levels vs race and obesity (all less than 30 ng) – April 2024
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Vitamin D as get older: more D and less deficiency (UK Health Care workers) - April 2024
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Vitamin D survey in Scotland, only a few take 400 IU daily – March 2024
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1.77 nmol response to 100 IU of Vitamin D (46 RCTs) – meta-analysis Sept 2023
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Vitamin D Conference - 6th Minimum, Maximum, Optimum - Sept 2023
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Fortification of foods: 1200 IU Vitamin D daily is safe – Dec 2022
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Vitamin D winter lasts from 4 to 215 days in Europe – Dec 2022
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Vitamin D and poor health of South Asians living in Britain – Oct 2022
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Russia and Vitamin D - many studies
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Vitamin D doubled from 400 to 800 IU in Ireland during pandemic (need 5X more) - Aug 2022
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Polio incident in London - virus detected in sewer - June 2022
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Vitamin D fortification could eliminate 1 in 10 Cancer deaths in the EU – May 2022
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French pediatric consensus: 30 – 60 ng of Vitamin D – Feb 2022
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Vitamin D levels in Europe (some consume a lot of vitamin D) – Dec 2021
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UK COVID-19 increased in early October (too much James Bond or too little sun) – Oct 11, 2021
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Ireland - Vitamin D often less than 20 ng, recommends only 800 IU - April 2021
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Vitamin D, COVID - Campbell and Davis (Video with transcript) - Jan 18, 2021
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Evidence of Vitamin D fighting COVID-19 etc. - take 4,000 IU if less than 20 ng (UK) – Dec 1, 2020
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Controversies and consensus in Vitamin D – 3rd Conference Sept 2019
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French National Academy recommended 100,000 IU of Vitamin D to elderly to fight COVID-19 - May 2020
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European COVID-19 2nd wave start dates were associated with latitude (vitamin D), not temperature – Oct 31, 2020
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UK parliament members starting to be interested in Vitamin D for COVID-19 – Oct 10, 2020
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Survey: Sunlight always bad (80 pcnt in Great Britain) - Sept 2020
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People from the Indian continent living in the UK continue to have extremely low levels of Vitamin D – July 2020
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Vitamin D genes vary with UVB in Europe, Africa, Asia – March 2020
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26 X increase in Vitamin D prescriptions for youths in England in 8 years – Dec 2019
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Vitamin D levels from lowest to highest: Middle East, China. India, S EU. N EU – Dec 2019
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European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) found “paucity” of Vitamin D data for infants – Nov 2019
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Vitamin D added to margarine reduced inflammatory bowel disease by 13 percent 30 years later – Nov 2019
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Poland sets the Vitamin D upper limit to 2,000 IU (wrong) - Aug 2019
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Treat autoimmune diseases with high-dose vitamin D – Germany online Aug 24, 25 2019
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Vitamin D and light conference – June 2019
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Review of “Vitamin D - Minimum, Maximum, Optimum” conference of 2017 – May 2019
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1,000 IU of vitamin D from the sun not available in the winter (Switzerland too) – April 2019
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Vitamin D Deficiency in Europe- need at least 1000 IU to get to even 20 ng – Cashman April 2019
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Polish pediatric center: 40 percent took vitamin D – March 2019
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21st Workshop on Vitamin D - Spain May 2018
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Vitamin D Conference - Ireland Sept 2017
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34 percent increase in hospital admissions for low vitamin D in a single year (UK) – Feb 2019
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Irish supplements had not been taxed, will soon have 23 percent tax – Feb 2019
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Romania joins Turkey in giving free Vitamin D to all infants – 2018
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Get enough Vitamin D from UK winter sun (if white skin and believe that 10 ng is enough) - Aug 2018
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Young white children helped by 1500 IU of vitamin D – Jan 2019
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Vitamin D most popular supplement - many studies
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Live longer if have more than 40 ng of Vitamin D (gene analysis of 10,500 people) – Jan 2019
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Vitamin D and allergy, asthma, atopic dermatitis, food allergy, autoimmune... 145 slides- 2017
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Low Vitamin D in Southern Europe – 1 in 3 had less than 20 ng (630,000 Europeans) Sept 2018
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Ireland proposing to increase the tax on supplements - such as Vitamin D - Nov 2018
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Vitamin D is low in Europe – 40 percent have less than 20 ng – ODEN Oct 2018
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Vitamin D level in Greece is just 20 ng, 88 percent have less than 30 ng – Oct 2018
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None of the Czech groups got the recommended Vitamin D from food – Oct 2018
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9 minutes of full noon sun daily is all you need (if have white skin and believe that 10 ng is enough) – Aug 2018
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Many Ashkenazi Jewish diseases associated with low vitamin D or poor Vit D genes
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Many Germans have less than 20 ng of vitamin D, hardly any over 40 ng – corrected from 2010
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Vitamin D in Ireland – 400 IU for child, more than 3,200 IU by prescription only – June 2018
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UK considers Vitamin D tests appropriate for only 4 existing health problems, – June 2018
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Vitamin D recommendations by Italian Endocrinologists – 40 ng if pregnant, 30 ng if high risk – April 2018
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Vitamin D Videos of workshops in Greece – 2017, 2018
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UK infants are the least likely to get Vitamin D in Europe – political action overdue – April 2018
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Vitamin D has treated Multiple Sclerosis and autoimmune diseases for 16 years – Coimbra April 2018
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France wants to reduce hip fractures by drinking 10 glasses of milk daily – April 2018
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Poor Vitamin D awareness in UK – 25 percent of parents, 14 percent of doctors properly identified children – March 2018
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Kelloggs finally doubling the vitamin D in UK cereals (to 100 IU) – March 2018
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Vitamin D in Europe
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UK deciding to save money – will no longer prescribe and pay for Vitamin D except in a few cases. – March 2018
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Vitamin D testing in Spain increased 3X in 2 years (considering 28,000,000 people) – Oct 2017
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Fracture 4.8 X more likely if low vitamin D, Falls 2.7 X were more likely if low D – Oct 2017
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Vitamin D levels for UK seniors with health problems – Dec 2017
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France is planning to reduce hip fractures by dairy vitamin D fortification (plan will not work) – 2017
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Vitamin D Deficiency Flowchart for UK Primary Care - August 2017
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When to start Vitamin D after European births - UK 180 days, many 6-31 days, the rest 1-5 days - Sept 2017
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10X increase in cost of vitamin D per child-year in UK in 6 years - Aug 2017
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Vitamin D and Sun conference – Germany June 2017
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Vitamin D levels in Finland increased 2000-2011 (supplementation and fortification) – May 2017
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Vitamin D- the new health scandal - French April 2017
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Vitamin D in European children – no consensus on “adequate” levels – April 2017
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All pregnant women in Scotland to get free vitamin D - April 2017
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"Vitamin D - minimum, maximum, optimum" 1 of about 6 vitamin D conferences in 2017
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Recent increase in Vitamin D levels in Elite Irish Athletes – Aug 2016
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80,000 IU monthly winter vitamin D got all healthy people above 20 ng (need more) – Feb 2017
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Germans, like many other Europeans, are vitamin D insufficient - only 12 percent have more than 30 ng - 2015
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Vitamin D pill meets new UK guidelines (400 IU) - Dec 2016
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Many fractures in France could be avoided with Vitamin D – Oct 2016
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France restricts Vitamin D testing to 4 health problems, paper proposes 5 more – Nov 2016
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Italian consensus of recommended Vitamin D, Omega-3, etc – Oct 2016
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Vitamin D fortification is returning to Finland – now 400 IU per 100 gram of butter – Oct 2016
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Marks and Spencer (UK) is adding 80 IUs of vitamin D to sandwiches – Sept 2016
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High vitamin D levels in Romanian children – wonder why – May 2015
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Sweden will increase vitamin D food fortification a bit in Oct 2016
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Vitamin D – perhaps a new dawn in the UK – March 2016
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Vast majority of Europeans have less than 30 ng of Vitamin D – Aug 2016
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High vitamin D products (more than 800 IU) are medicines not food supplements: German government – Feb 2016
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NutraIngredients.com High vitamin D ( more than 800 IU) products are medicines not food supplements: German government - Feb 2017
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400 IU Vitamin D is enough for majority in UK, even in winter (nope) – Nov 2015
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Spread the D word – 2 page do-it-yourself guide for UK Nurses – July 2015
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3X increase in UK children who are vitamin D deficient in just 5 years – Nov 2015
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Danes opposed to Vitamin D fortification, will get more COPD, diabetes, depression, lupus, leg pain, etc – Oct 2015
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UK (SACN) is ignoring scores of Vitamin D studies
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UK proposes that 10 ng level and 400 IU is enough Vitamin D for everybody (no and no)- July 2015
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Vitamin D comments by London public - July 2015
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Some UK nurses spreading the word about vitamin D - July 2015
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Sweden proposes to increase Vitamin D fortification to US levels - May 2015
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Most Pregnant Women in Mediterranean Are Vitamin D Deficient – May 2015
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Only 1 in 10 UK parents had been told about vitamin D by their child’s doctor – April 2015
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Only 1 in 4 UK children had EVER gotten vitamin D supplements – April 2015
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Vitamin D Conference in Poland Oct 2015
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Vitamin D can probably stop 'modern' diseases - Gillie 2014
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Light (especially UV) and Health conference – Germany June 2015
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Vitamin D Workshop in Netherlands - April 2015
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UK program to increase Vitamin D (Healthy Start) continues to be a farce - Nov 2014
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Free vitamin D for pregnant women in Salford England- Nov 2014
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UK people and doctors still clueless about vitamin D – Survey Oct 2014
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3X more kids were vitamin D deficient when entering UK hospitals than 4 years before – Oct 2014
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Vitamin D levels in Europe – Sept 2014
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Osteoporosis Society UK: 20 ng vitamin D is sufficient, loading dose 300,000 IU – Sept 2014
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Even after informing mothers of the importance of vitamin D supplementation few did so – Aug 2014
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Schizophrenia increased 40 percent for Spring births after Danes stopped vitamin D fortification – April 2014
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Vitamin D fortification of milk helps (proven in Gemany this time) – RCT Dec 2013
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Post-mortem analysis of children in London Hospital – only 1 child had adequate level of vitamin D – July 2014
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Goal for Scottish athletes: none will be vitamin D deficient (typically 2 out of 3) – June 2014
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ODIN: Europeans study vitamin D fortification and testing
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83 year-old women in Europe have 11 ng of vitamin D – July 2014
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UK-NICE draft on vitamin D – extremely low doses and levels– May 2014
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Vitamin D Conference papers and poster abstracts – London April 2014
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Maternal vitamin D supplementation – only 1 in 300 in Spain– April 2014
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Central Europe, like most of the world, has low vitamin D levels (under 30ng) – March 2014
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Vitamin D for Italians – Senior 2300 IU, if deficient loading dose of at least 300,000 IU– Med Society 2011
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Liverpool is starting universal supplementation and needs high dose vitamin D – March 2014
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Rickets in England – huge recent increase – Feb 2014
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Sweden has fortified low-fat milk with a small amount of vitamin D since 1983
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NHS (UK) mistakenly says more than 1000 IU of vitamin D can be harmful – Dec 2013
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Only 1 in 3 in Scotland is vitamin D deficient ( less than 10 ng) - Nov 2013
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Why the UK government ignores evidence for the benefits of Vitamin D - Nov 2013
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Germany does not fortify ANY food with vitamin D, is considering 1000 IU from bread – Nov 2013
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Vitamin D deficiency is a major global public health problem – Maps Nov 2013
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Vitamin D and Bone Health – UK National Osteoporosis Society – April 2013
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Danish study of childhood diseases vs vitamin D fortification – May 2013
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372 types of vitamin D prescriptions in France, 200,000 IU was the most popular – Oct 2013
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Presentation: pre and post natal vitamin D, with audience comments – Manchester UK Sept 2013
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30 to 50 ng of vitamin D is optimal – Central Europe consensus Sept 2013
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To be reimbursed for supplements in the UK the benefits must now be approved by EU – Aug 2013
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Summary review of Vitamin D for Europe is behind a paywall – Aug 2013
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Italian youth vitamin D deficiency increased likelihood: 27X if winter, 5X if obese, etc. – Aug 2013
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Vitamin D may not be the only cause of Multiple Sclerosis in Scotland - Aug 2013
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Perhaps Italians have air conditioning too: lower latitudes have less vitamin D – July 2013
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Most European infants get vitamin D supplements, vs only 1 in 50 in US – June 2013
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Rickets associated with 30 percent of infant deaths in rural Netherlands in 1800’s– June 2013
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National Osteoporosis Society of UK declares that 12 ng of vitamin D is enough – June 2013
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NHS in UK on Vitamin D - June 2013
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Vitamin D conference in England - April 23-25 2014
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Vitamin D – The Sunshine Vitamin Most Indoor Workers Are Lacking – Gillie May 2013
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Less than 18 percent of Irish take vitamin D, and 76 percent have less than 30 ng – April 2013
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Most immigrant women in Sweden had little vitamin D and lots of muscle pain – May 2013
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Dark Skinned adults need more than 45 minutes of UK summer sun daily – June 2013
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South Asians in UK get little vitamin D from 45 minutes of daily summer sun – RCT April 2013
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UK Milk producer sets vitamin D day, yet UK milk rarely has vitamin D – March 31 2013
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5,000 IU daily was just enough vitamin D for Irish athletes in the winter – March 2013
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Can fortify food with 1000 IU of vitamin D - Italy, March 2013
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Draft of UK policy on Vitamin D, keeping 10 ng definition - March 2013
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Huge increase in UK vitamin D prescriptions by July 2012
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Norway to double vitamin D to 400 IU for most and 800 IU for elderly – Feb 2013
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A look at inner workings of committee looking at vitamin D for UK - Dec 2012
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Vitamin D is the only vitamin which is low in Europe – Jan 2013
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Top UK soccer coach installed vitamin D booths in his club – Dec 2012
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90 percent of Swiss men have less than 30 ng of vitamin D in the winter – Nov 2012
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Expect more health problems in the UK this winter – Nov 2012
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Fewer than 15 percent of 5 year-olds getting vitamin D prescriptions in France – Nov 2012
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Low vitamin D associated with poor regions in the UK, median was 10 ng – Nov 2012
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Why are so many Victorian killer illnesses making a comeback - Nov 2012
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5,000 IU vitamin D helped UK professional athletes in the winter – Oct 2012
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4 out of 10 Irish have vitamin D levels inadequate even for bone health – Aug 2012
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European adults can take 4000 IU of vitamin D – July 2012
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UK Day-Cares being offered grants to develop vitamin D methods – July 2012
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Vitamin D levels in Germany – Jan 2012
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Germans, Austrians, and Swiss declare that 800 IU and 20 ng vitamin D is enough – June 2012
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UK pediatricians have a lot to learn about vitamin D – May 2012
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5 out of 6 UK dark skinned kids who were vitamin D deficient had no symptoms – May 2012
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Poland Vitamin D recommendations - 2009
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79 percent of TB in East London less 20 ng vitamin D - April 2012
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80 percent of South Asian Women in UK had less than 10 ng of vitamin D in winter – April 2012
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Many Italian seniors garden, have high levels of vitamin D and are healthy - April 2012
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Vitamin D review from Ireland - April 2012
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Conference on Vitamin D in Poland - Oct 2012
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Death of Babies in UK due to vitamin D deficiency – Jan 2012
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German seniors 10 pct less than 7ng, 92 pct less than 30 ng vitamin D – Jan 2012
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Scotts having extremely low vitamin D got no, or only minimal treatment – Feb 2012
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Nutritional Rickets in Denmark especially among immigrant children- Feb 2012
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UK doctors can now prescribe 800 IU of vitamin D – Dec 2011
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Germany increases vitamin D to 800 IU - Jan 2012
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Problems with low UV and vitamin D in Scotland - Jan 2012
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Finland max 2000 IU vitamin D since cannot get more from food - 2011
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Immigrant vitamin D deficiency in Europe – May 2011
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Influenza in Norway not reduced by vitamin D – Oct 2011
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Vitamin D conference in Berlin - April 2011
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Modelling Vitamin D from the sun in Poland – 2011
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80 percent of teens in Europe had less than 30 ng of vitamin D – Aug 2011
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Let the Sun shine on you - Gillie Aug 2011
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Variety of vitamin D loading dose recommendations in the UK - 2011
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Vitamin D insufficiency in UK youths – 37X more likely if dark skin – July 2011
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UK survey of vitamin D knowledge of midwives - 2011
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Large Vitamin D website in Germany
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Recommend 100 IU of vitamin D per kg of infant - Poland July 2011
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Sun exposure protects children from asthma – May 2011
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Mortality and Cancer varies with latitude in France too – 2010
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Eclampsia 2X more frequent in Swedish winter – Jan 2011
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All babies in Ireland should have 200 IU of vitamin D - Feb 2011
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Vitamin D Association - UK
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Chief UK Medical Officer recommends only 280 IU for children - Jan 2011
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No reduction in Finish fractures with 800 IU Vitamin D3 and Calcium – Dec 2010
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Vitamin D workshop- Rank - UK- 2009
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Vitamin D UK 45 year olds
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Sunlight Robbery - Gillie Nov 2010
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Healthy Start vitamin D supplementation in UK is a farce - Nov 2010
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Vitamin D in elderly Irish with 800 IU did not vary with season – Nov 2010
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WHO to map vitamin D deficiency in Europe - Oct 2010
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2000 IU daily dose of vitamin D would save Germany 37 billion euros – Aug 2010
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Estimate of reduced Nordic mortality if increase UV or vitamin D – Sept 2010
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UK summers are not long enough to re-stock vitamin D – Aug 2010
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Nordic mothers vitamin D deficient even though meet recommendations – April 2010
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Three free vitamin D books - focus on Scotland 2004-2008
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Vitamin D in the UK as reported by one doctor – Aug 2010
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28 ng summer and 18 ng winter UK vitamin D levels – Aug 2010
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Vitamin D levels in British Adults -2008
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Finland hopes to double Vitamin D dose for elderly from 400 to 800 IU in 2012 – April 2010
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UV Winter in Northern but not Souther Europe - Jan 2010
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Psychotics in Norway found to be vitamin D deficient - April 2010
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Increasing German levels of vitamin D to 30 ng could save 18,300 lives annually - Dec 2009
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Scotland and Vitamin D - many studies
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- Vast majority of Europeans have less than 30 ng of Vitamin D – Aug 2016 has the following table and chart
% of Europeans with < 30 nanograms – after adjustment of readings
| Study | Countries | < 30 ng |
| HELENA | 9 EU | 97% |
| OPUS | Denmark | 87% |
| Tromsø Study: Fit Futures | Norway | 96% |
| HGS | Greece | 97% |
| INNS | Greece | 90% |
| Cork BASELINE Birth | Ireland | 84% |
| NDNS 1–18 y | United Kingdom | 90% |
| NDNS >18 y | United Kingdom | 91% |
| DEG4 | Germany | 91% |
| Tromsø Study–6th Survey | Norway | 75% |
| NHS | Netherlands | 78% |
| LASA | Netherlands | 68% |
| AGES–Reykjavik | Iceland | 86% |
| Finnish Migrant Health . . | Finland | 89% |
| NANS | Ireland | 81% |
| Health 2011 | Finland | 76% |
| HUBRO | Norway | 66% |
| Health 2006 | Denmark | 68% |
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- 65% of UK govt. nutrition advisors are paid by food companies – BMJ Sept 2024
- Re-emerging problem of iodine deficiency in Europe - July 2024
- Predict 50nmol if take 600 IU of Vitamin D for 7 months (UK, ignoring BMI, etc) – June 2024
- UK incorrectly believes that more than 40 ng of vitamin D increases some health problems – June 2024
- UK vitamin D levels vs race and obesity (all less than 30 ng) – April 2024
- Vitamin D as get older: more D and less deficiency (UK Health Care workers) - April 2024
- Vitamin D survey in Scotland, only a few take 400 IU daily – March 2024
- 1.77 nmol response to 100 IU of Vitamin D (46 RCTs) – meta-analysis Sept 2023
- Vitamin D Conference - 6th Minimum, Maximum, Optimum - Sept 2023
- Fortification of foods: 1200 IU Vitamin D daily is safe – Dec 2022
- Vitamin D winter lasts from 4 to 215 days in Europe – Dec 2022
- Vitamin D and poor health of South Asians living in Britain – Oct 2022
- Russia and Vitamin D - many studies
- Vitamin D doubled from 400 to 800 IU in Ireland during pandemic (need 5X more) - Aug 2022
- Polio incident in London - virus detected in sewer - June 2022
- Vitamin D fortification could eliminate 1 in 10 Cancer deaths in the EU – May 2022
- French pediatric consensus: 30 – 60 ng of Vitamin D – Feb 2022
- Vitamin D levels in Europe (some consume a lot of vitamin D) – Dec 2021
- UK COVID-19 increased in early October (too much James Bond or too little sun) – Oct 11, 2021
- Ireland - Vitamin D often less than 20 ng, recommends only 800 IU - April 2021
- Vitamin D, COVID - Campbell and Davis (Video with transcript) - Jan 18, 2021
- Evidence of Vitamin D fighting COVID-19 etc. - take 4,000 IU if less than 20 ng (UK) – Dec 1, 2020
- Controversies and consensus in Vitamin D – 3rd Conference Sept 2019
- French National Academy recommended 100,000 IU of Vitamin D to elderly to fight COVID-19 - May 2020
- European COVID-19 2nd wave start dates were associated with latitude (vitamin D), not temperature – Oct 31, 2020
- UK parliament members starting to be interested in Vitamin D for COVID-19 – Oct 10, 2020
- Survey: Sunlight always bad (80 pcnt in Great Britain) - Sept 2020
- People from the Indian continent living in the UK continue to have extremely low levels of Vitamin D – July 2020
- Vitamin D genes vary with UVB in Europe, Africa, Asia – March 2020
- 26 X increase in Vitamin D prescriptions for youths in England in 8 years – Dec 2019
- Vitamin D levels from lowest to highest: Middle East, China. India, S EU. N EU – Dec 2019
- European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) found “paucity” of Vitamin D data for infants – Nov 2019
- Vitamin D added to margarine reduced inflammatory bowel disease by 13 percent 30 years later – Nov 2019
- Poland sets the Vitamin D upper limit to 2,000 IU (wrong) - Aug 2019
- Treat autoimmune diseases with high-dose vitamin D – Germany online Aug 24, 25 2019
- Vitamin D and light conference – June 2019
- Review of “Vitamin D - Minimum, Maximum, Optimum” conference of 2017 – May 2019
- 1,000 IU of vitamin D from the sun not available in the winter (Switzerland too) – April 2019
- Vitamin D Deficiency in Europe- need at least 1000 IU to get to even 20 ng – Cashman April 2019
- Polish pediatric center: 40 percent took vitamin D – March 2019
- 21st Workshop on Vitamin D - Spain May 2018
- Vitamin D Conference - Ireland Sept 2017
- 34 percent increase in hospital admissions for low vitamin D in a single year (UK) – Feb 2019
- Irish supplements had not been taxed, will soon have 23 percent tax – Feb 2019
- Romania joins Turkey in giving free Vitamin D to all infants – 2018
- Get enough Vitamin D from UK winter sun (if white skin and believe that 10 ng is enough) - Aug 2018
- Young white children helped by 1500 IU of vitamin D – Jan 2019
- Vitamin D most popular supplement - many studies
- Live longer if have more than 40 ng of Vitamin D (gene analysis of 10,500 people) – Jan 2019
- Vitamin D and allergy, asthma, atopic dermatitis, food allergy, autoimmune... 145 slides- 2017
- Low Vitamin D in Southern Europe – 1 in 3 had less than 20 ng (630,000 Europeans) Sept 2018
- Ireland proposing to increase the tax on supplements - such as Vitamin D - Nov 2018
- Vitamin D is low in Europe – 40 percent have less than 20 ng – ODEN Oct 2018
- Vitamin D level in Greece is just 20 ng, 88 percent have less than 30 ng – Oct 2018
- None of the Czech groups got the recommended Vitamin D from food – Oct 2018
- 9 minutes of full noon sun daily is all you need (if have white skin and believe that 10 ng is enough) – Aug 2018
- Many Ashkenazi Jewish diseases associated with low vitamin D or poor Vit D genes
- Many Germans have less than 20 ng of vitamin D, hardly any over 40 ng – corrected from 2010
- Vitamin D in Ireland – 400 IU for child, more than 3,200 IU by prescription only – June 2018
- UK considers Vitamin D tests appropriate for only 4 existing health problems, – June 2018
- Vitamin D recommendations by Italian Endocrinologists – 40 ng if pregnant, 30 ng if high risk – April 2018
- Vitamin D Videos of workshops in Greece – 2017, 2018
- UK infants are the least likely to get Vitamin D in Europe – political action overdue – April 2018
- Vitamin D has treated Multiple Sclerosis and autoimmune diseases for 16 years – Coimbra April 2018
- France wants to reduce hip fractures by drinking 10 glasses of milk daily – April 2018
- Poor Vitamin D awareness in UK – 25 percent of parents, 14 percent of doctors properly identified children – March 2018
- Kelloggs finally doubling the vitamin D in UK cereals (to 100 IU) – March 2018
- Vitamin D in Europe
- UK deciding to save money – will no longer prescribe and pay for Vitamin D except in a few cases. – March 2018
- Vitamin D testing in Spain increased 3X in 2 years (considering 28,000,000 people) – Oct 2017
- Fracture 4.8 X more likely if low vitamin D, Falls 2.7 X were more likely if low D – Oct 2017
- Vitamin D levels for UK seniors with health problems – Dec 2017
- France is planning to reduce hip fractures by dairy vitamin D fortification (plan will not work) – 2017
- Vitamin D Deficiency Flowchart for UK Primary Care - August 2017
- When to start Vitamin D after European births - UK 180 days, many 6-31 days, the rest 1-5 days - Sept 2017
- 10X increase in cost of vitamin D per child-year in UK in 6 years - Aug 2017
- Vitamin D and Sun conference – Germany June 2017
- Vitamin D levels in Finland increased 2000-2011 (supplementation and fortification) – May 2017
- Vitamin D- the new health scandal - French April 2017
- Vitamin D in European children – no consensus on “adequate” levels – April 2017
- All pregnant women in Scotland to get free vitamin D - April 2017
- "Vitamin D - minimum, maximum, optimum" 1 of about 6 vitamin D conferences in 2017
- Recent increase in Vitamin D levels in Elite Irish Athletes – Aug 2016
- 80,000 IU monthly winter vitamin D got all healthy people above 20 ng (need more) – Feb 2017
- Germans, like many other Europeans, are vitamin D insufficient - only 12 percent have more than 30 ng - 2015
- Vitamin D pill meets new UK guidelines (400 IU) - Dec 2016
- Many fractures in France could be avoided with Vitamin D – Oct 2016
- France restricts Vitamin D testing to 4 health problems, paper proposes 5 more – Nov 2016
- Italian consensus of recommended Vitamin D, Omega-3, etc – Oct 2016
- Vitamin D fortification is returning to Finland – now 400 IU per 100 gram of butter – Oct 2016
- Marks and Spencer (UK) is adding 80 IUs of vitamin D to sandwiches – Sept 2016
- High vitamin D levels in Romanian children – wonder why – May 2015
- Sweden will increase vitamin D food fortification a bit in Oct 2016
- Vitamin D – perhaps a new dawn in the UK – March 2016
- Vast majority of Europeans have less than 30 ng of Vitamin D – Aug 2016
- High vitamin D products (more than 800 IU) are medicines not food supplements: German government – Feb 2016
- NutraIngredients.com High vitamin D ( more than 800 IU) products are medicines not food supplements: German government - Feb 2017
- 400 IU Vitamin D is enough for majority in UK, even in winter (nope) – Nov 2015
- Spread the D word – 2 page do-it-yourself guide for UK Nurses – July 2015
- 3X increase in UK children who are vitamin D deficient in just 5 years – Nov 2015
- Danes opposed to Vitamin D fortification, will get more COPD, diabetes, depression, lupus, leg pain, etc – Oct 2015
- UK (SACN) is ignoring scores of Vitamin D studies
- UK proposes that 10 ng level and 400 IU is enough Vitamin D for everybody (no and no)- July 2015
- Vitamin D comments by London public - July 2015
- Some UK nurses spreading the word about vitamin D - July 2015
- Sweden proposes to increase Vitamin D fortification to US levels - May 2015
- Most Pregnant Women in Mediterranean Are Vitamin D Deficient – May 2015
- Only 1 in 10 UK parents had been told about vitamin D by their child’s doctor – April 2015
- Only 1 in 4 UK children had EVER gotten vitamin D supplements – April 2015
- Vitamin D Conference in Poland Oct 2015
- Vitamin D can probably stop 'modern' diseases - Gillie 2014
- Light (especially UV) and Health conference – Germany June 2015
- Vitamin D Workshop in Netherlands - April 2015
- UK program to increase Vitamin D (Healthy Start) continues to be a farce - Nov 2014
- Free vitamin D for pregnant women in Salford England- Nov 2014
- UK people and doctors still clueless about vitamin D – Survey Oct 2014
- 3X more kids were vitamin D deficient when entering UK hospitals than 4 years before – Oct 2014
- Vitamin D levels in Europe – Sept 2014
- Osteoporosis Society UK: 20 ng vitamin D is sufficient, loading dose 300,000 IU – Sept 2014
- Even after informing mothers of the importance of vitamin D supplementation few did so – Aug 2014
- Schizophrenia increased 40 percent for Spring births after Danes stopped vitamin D fortification – April 2014
- Vitamin D fortification of milk helps (proven in Gemany this time) – RCT Dec 2013
- Post-mortem analysis of children in London Hospital – only 1 child had adequate level of vitamin D – July 2014
- Goal for Scottish athletes: none will be vitamin D deficient (typically 2 out of 3) – June 2014
- ODIN: Europeans study vitamin D fortification and testing
- 83 year-old women in Europe have 11 ng of vitamin D – July 2014
- UK-NICE draft on vitamin D – extremely low doses and levels– May 2014
- Vitamin D Conference papers and poster abstracts – London April 2014
- Maternal vitamin D supplementation – only 1 in 300 in Spain– April 2014
- Central Europe, like most of the world, has low vitamin D levels (under 30ng) – March 2014
- Vitamin D for Italians – Senior 2300 IU, if deficient loading dose of at least 300,000 IU– Med Society 2011
- Liverpool is starting universal supplementation and needs high dose vitamin D – March 2014
- Rickets in England – huge recent increase – Feb 2014
- Sweden has fortified low-fat milk with a small amount of vitamin D since 1983
- NHS (UK) mistakenly says more than 1000 IU of vitamin D can be harmful – Dec 2013
- Only 1 in 3 in Scotland is vitamin D deficient ( less than 10 ng) - Nov 2013
- Why the UK government ignores evidence for the benefits of Vitamin D - Nov 2013
- Germany does not fortify ANY food with vitamin D, is considering 1000 IU from bread – Nov 2013
- Vitamin D deficiency is a major global public health problem – Maps Nov 2013
- Vitamin D and Bone Health – UK National Osteoporosis Society – April 2013
- Danish study of childhood diseases vs vitamin D fortification – May 2013
- 372 types of vitamin D prescriptions in France, 200,000 IU was the most popular – Oct 2013
- Presentation: pre and post natal vitamin D, with audience comments – Manchester UK Sept 2013
- 30 to 50 ng of vitamin D is optimal – Central Europe consensus Sept 2013
- To be reimbursed for supplements in the UK the benefits must now be approved by EU – Aug 2013
- Summary review of Vitamin D for Europe is behind a paywall – Aug 2013
- Italian youth vitamin D deficiency increased likelihood: 27X if winter, 5X if obese, etc. – Aug 2013
- Vitamin D may not be the only cause of Multiple Sclerosis in Scotland - Aug 2013
- Perhaps Italians have air conditioning too: lower latitudes have less vitamin D – July 2013
- Most European infants get vitamin D supplements, vs only 1 in 50 in US – June 2013
- Rickets associated with 30 percent of infant deaths in rural Netherlands in 1800’s– June 2013
- National Osteoporosis Society of UK declares that 12 ng of vitamin D is enough – June 2013
- NHS in UK on Vitamin D - June 2013
- Vitamin D conference in England - April 23-25 2014
- Vitamin D – The Sunshine Vitamin Most Indoor Workers Are Lacking – Gillie May 2013
- Less than 18 percent of Irish take vitamin D, and 76 percent have less than 30 ng – April 2013
- Most immigrant women in Sweden had little vitamin D and lots of muscle pain – May 2013
- Dark Skinned adults need more than 45 minutes of UK summer sun daily – June 2013
- South Asians in UK get little vitamin D from 45 minutes of daily summer sun – RCT April 2013
- UK Milk producer sets vitamin D day, yet UK milk rarely has vitamin D – March 31 2013
- 5,000 IU daily was just enough vitamin D for Irish athletes in the winter – March 2013
- Can fortify food with 1000 IU of vitamin D - Italy, March 2013
- Draft of UK policy on Vitamin D, keeping 10 ng definition - March 2013
- Huge increase in UK vitamin D prescriptions by July 2012
- Norway to double vitamin D to 400 IU for most and 800 IU for elderly – Feb 2013
- A look at inner workings of committee looking at vitamin D for UK - Dec 2012
- Vitamin D is the only vitamin which is low in Europe – Jan 2013
- Top UK soccer coach installed vitamin D booths in his club – Dec 2012
- 90 percent of Swiss men have less than 30 ng of vitamin D in the winter – Nov 2012
- Expect more health problems in the UK this winter – Nov 2012
- Fewer than 15 percent of 5 year-olds getting vitamin D prescriptions in France – Nov 2012
- Low vitamin D associated with poor regions in the UK, median was 10 ng – Nov 2012
- Why are so many Victorian killer illnesses making a comeback - Nov 2012
- 5,000 IU vitamin D helped UK professional athletes in the winter – Oct 2012
- 4 out of 10 Irish have vitamin D levels inadequate even for bone health – Aug 2012
- European adults can take 4000 IU of vitamin D – July 2012
- UK Day-Cares being offered grants to develop vitamin D methods – July 2012
- Vitamin D levels in Germany – Jan 2012
- Germans, Austrians, and Swiss declare that 800 IU and 20 ng vitamin D is enough – June 2012
- UK pediatricians have a lot to learn about vitamin D – May 2012
- 5 out of 6 UK dark skinned kids who were vitamin D deficient had no symptoms – May 2012
- Poland Vitamin D recommendations - 2009
- 79 percent of TB in East London less 20 ng vitamin D - April 2012
- 80 percent of South Asian Women in UK had less than 10 ng of vitamin D in winter – April 2012
- Many Italian seniors garden, have high levels of vitamin D and are healthy - April 2012
- Vitamin D review from Ireland - April 2012
- Conference on Vitamin D in Poland - Oct 2012
- Death of Babies in UK due to vitamin D deficiency – Jan 2012
- German seniors 10 pct less than 7ng, 92 pct less than 30 ng vitamin D – Jan 2012
- Scotts having extremely low vitamin D got no, or only minimal treatment – Feb 2012
- Nutritional Rickets in Denmark especially among immigrant children- Feb 2012
- UK doctors can now prescribe 800 IU of vitamin D – Dec 2011
- Germany increases vitamin D to 800 IU - Jan 2012
- Problems with low UV and vitamin D in Scotland - Jan 2012
- Finland max 2000 IU vitamin D since cannot get more from food - 2011
- Immigrant vitamin D deficiency in Europe – May 2011
- Influenza in Norway not reduced by vitamin D – Oct 2011
- Vitamin D conference in Berlin - April 2011
- Modelling Vitamin D from the sun in Poland – 2011
- 80 percent of teens in Europe had less than 30 ng of vitamin D – Aug 2011
- Let the Sun shine on you - Gillie Aug 2011
- Variety of vitamin D loading dose recommendations in the UK - 2011
- Vitamin D insufficiency in UK youths – 37X more likely if dark skin – July 2011
- UK survey of vitamin D knowledge of midwives - 2011
- Large Vitamin D website in Germany
- Recommend 100 IU of vitamin D per kg of infant - Poland July 2011
- Sun exposure protects children from asthma – May 2011
- Mortality and Cancer varies with latitude in France too – 2010
- Eclampsia 2X more frequent in Swedish winter – Jan 2011
- All babies in Ireland should have 200 IU of vitamin D - Feb 2011
- Vitamin D Association - UK
- Chief UK Medical Officer recommends only 280 IU for children - Jan 2011
- No reduction in Finish fractures with 800 IU Vitamin D3 and Calcium – Dec 2010
- Vitamin D workshop- Rank - UK- 2009
- Vitamin D UK 45 year olds
- Sunlight Robbery - Gillie Nov 2010
- Healthy Start vitamin D supplementation in UK is a farce - Nov 2010
- Vitamin D in elderly Irish with 800 IU did not vary with season – Nov 2010
- WHO to map vitamin D deficiency in Europe - Oct 2010
- 2000 IU daily dose of vitamin D would save Germany 37 billion euros – Aug 2010
- Estimate of reduced Nordic mortality if increase UV or vitamin D – Sept 2010
- UK summers are not long enough to re-stock vitamin D – Aug 2010
- Nordic mothers vitamin D deficient even though meet recommendations – April 2010
- Three free vitamin D books - focus on Scotland 2004-2008
- Vitamin D in the UK as reported by one doctor – Aug 2010
- 28 ng summer and 18 ng winter UK vitamin D levels – Aug 2010
- Vitamin D levels in British Adults -2008
- Finland hopes to double Vitamin D dose for elderly from 400 to 800 IU in 2012 – April 2010
- UV Winter in Northern but not Souther Europe - Jan 2010
- Psychotics in Norway found to be vitamin D deficient - April 2010
- Increasing German levels of vitamin D to 30 ng could save 18,300 lives annually - Dec 2009
- Scotland and Vitamin D - many studies
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