Year: 2022

VITAMIN D AS HEALTH MARKER. "Decreases in vitamin D levels are a marker of deteriorating health. Ageing and inflammatory processes involved in disease occurrence and clinical course reduce vitamin D concentrations, which would explain why vitamin D deficiency is reported in a wide range of disorders." https://lnkd.in/dDKztC5 View in LinkedIn

AN EPIDEMIC OF VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY is "sweeping across the world, and it’s an epidemic of such magnitude and seriousness that is not only alarmingly widespread but a root cause of many serious diseases such as rickets, multiple sclerosis, cancer, diabetes, osteoporosis, tuberculosis and heart disease." https://lnkd.in/e5pd2zH View in LinkedIn

UNEXPECTED BOMBSHELL. "Over 90 per cent of healthy and active young people are suffering from low levels of Vitamin D." Worldwide. Not just a lifestyle illness like diabetes. https://lnkd.in/e5pd2zH View in LinkedIn

SURPRISING DATA. "Even in the sunniest places, such as Saudi Arabia and Australia, 30% to 50% of adults and children have deficient or insufficient levels of vitamin D. At the latitude of Edmonton, Alta, 90% of children have deficient or insufficient levels." http://www.cfp.ca/content/57/1/16.full View in LinkedIn

WRONG RDA FOR VITAMIN D. "The Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) for vitamin D is ten times lower than what we actually need, say two teams of researchers who have challenged the US's National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and the Institute of Medicine (IOM), both responsible for the RDA." https://lnkd.in/eUCYVjB View in LinkedIn

IMPORTANT MOLECULE. "Vitamin D3 deficiency can result in obesity, diabetes, hypertension, depression, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, osteoporosis and neuro-degenerative diseases including Alzheimer’s disease ... vitamin D deficiency plays a role in causing seventeen varieties of different cancers as well as heart disease, stroke, autoimmune diseases, birth defects, and periodontal disease." https://lnkd.in/eCK43Ue View in LinkedIn

METABOLIC CROSSROADS. "Vitamin D3 is believed to play a role in controlling the immune system (possibly reducing one’s risk of cancers and autoimmune diseases), increasing neuromuscular function and improving mood, protecting the brain against toxic chemicals, and potentially reducing pain." https://lnkd.in/eCK43Ue View in LinkedIn

CAUSES OF THE VITAMIN D EPIDEMIC? An engineer's interesting viewpoint. "20 of the 35 reasons for Vitamin D deficiency are new." These include sun avoiding behaviors from various causes. Less cholesterol in food, obesity, increased soft drink consumption (fructose), drugs that interfere with vitamin D. And more. https://lnkd.in/eHHnpna View in LinkedIn

WORLDWIDE DEFICIENCY. "Worldwide, an estimated 1 billion people have inadequate levels of vitamin D in their blood, and deficiencies can be found in all ethnicities and age groups. Indeed, in industrialized countries, doctors are even seeing the resurgence of rickets, the bone-weakening disease that had been largely eradicated through vitamin D fortification." https://lnkd.in/ednKz9W View in LinkedIn

HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? The new 'crisis' in hypovitaminosis D is sudden and curious. How has it been overlooked by the medical and research community for so long, or is it a new food supplement fad? On searching for an answer, it has not been forthcoming. It is not a lifestyle disease of the spoiled West, but occurring worldwide. The answer remains illusive. View in LinkedIn