Diabetes not treated by MONTHLY 50,000 IU vitamin D (which is not quite enough) – May 2015

Effect of Vitamin D Supplementation on Glycemic Control in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes (SUNNY Trial): A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial

50,000 IU has been proven to treat or prevent Diabetes many times

1 every week

• Pain of Diabetic Neuropathy reduced with weekly 50,000 IU vitamin D– CT Feb 2015
• Blood pressure in diabetics reduced by 12 weekly doses of 50,000 IU vitamin D – RCT Jan 2014
• Insulin resistance helped with 50000 IU of vitamin D weekly – Feb 2013

1 every ~1.8 weeks

• 140,000 IU vitamin D monthly reduced probability of diabetes – Nov 2011

1 every 2 weeks

• Gestational diabetes reduced by just two 50,000 IU doses of vitamin D – RCT Nov 2014
• Type 1 diabetes helped with 50,000 IU of vitamin D every two weeks – Nov 2014

1 every 3 weeks

• Gestational Diabetes reduced with 50,000 IU of vitamin D every 3 weeks and daily Calcium – RCT June 2014

1 every ~3.3 weeks

• Prediabetes reduced by monthly 60,000 IU of vitamin D – RCT May 2015

See also VitaminDWiki

• Overview Diabetes and vitamin D
• Diabetes and low Magnesium - Mercola 2014 - 2019
• Type 2 Diabetes helped by Omega-3 and Vitamin D – Feb 2014
• Diabetes RCT we expect to fail just 50,000 IU monthly - July 2014

See also web

Discussion of Diabetes and Vitamin D which hinges on the results of the SUNNY Trial. they conclude that only need to prescribe only 600-800 IU of vitamin D to prevent diabetes, since the 50,000 IU/month was not effectvie. Medscape July 2015