Vitamin D for Optimal Health
Study after study shows that making sure your blood levels of vitamin D are optimized is a superb way to promote healthy function of different systems within your body. In this article I point out a number of these studies.
By the way, I don't recommend blood testing for vitamin D levels, because I don't consider the test reliable. What's protective? I recommend 2,000 IU of vitamin D a day. And take regular walks to get D-producing sunshine. The key to sun exposure: avoid sunburn, not sunshine.
Studies Showing Vitamin D Optimizes Health
Vitamin D for Nerve Health
"Association between vitamin D and diabetic neuropathy in a nationally representative sample: results from 2001-2004 NHANES," Soderstrom LH, et al, Diabetes Medicine. 2012 Jan;29(1):50-5 (Free registration requried.)
Vitamin D for Heart Health — Stay Alive With Vitamin D
"Vitamin D Levels Predict All-Cause and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality in Subjects With the Metabolic Syndrome: The Ludwigshafen Risk and Cardiovascular Health (LURIC) study," Thomas GN, et al, Diabetes Care, 2012 May;35(5):1158-64. Epub 2012 Mar 7.
Vitamin D for Bladder Health
"Vitamin D status in women with pelvic floor disorder symptoms," Parker-Autry CY, et al, Int Urogynecol J., 2012 Mar 8. [Epub ahead of print]
Vitamin D for Skin Health
"Deficiency of serum concentration of 25-hydroxyvitamin D in psoriatic patients: A case-control study," Orgaz-Molina J, et al, Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 2012 Mar 1. [Epub ahead of print]
Vitamin D for Emotional Health
"Depressed adolescents in a case-series were low in vitamin D and depression was ameliorated by vitamin D supplementation," Hogberg G, et al, Acta Paediatr, 2012 Feb 28. doi: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2012.02655.x. [Epub ahead of print]
Jacob Teitelbaum, M.D. is one of the world's leading integrative medical authorities on fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue. He is the lead author of eight research studies on their effective treatments, and has published numerous health & wellness books, including the bestseller on fibromyalgia From Fatigued to Fantastic! and The Fatigue and Fibromyalgia Solution. Dr. Teitelbaum is one of the most frequently quoted fibromyalgia experts in the world and appears often as a guest on news and talk shows nationwide including Good Morning America, The Dr. Oz Show, Oprah & Friends, CNN, and Fox News Health.
