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Vitamin D twice a day may keep vertigo away

May 12, 2022 by Captain Organic Planet

Taking vitamin D and calcium twice a day may reduce your chances of getting vertigo again, according to a study published in the August 5, 2020, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. “Our study suggests that for people with benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, taking a supplement of vitamin D […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: calcium, vertigo, vitamin D, vitamin D deficiency

Sunlight exposure guidelines may need to be revised

September 29, 2021 by Captain Organic Planet

Previously published solar exposure guidelines for optimal vitamin D synthesis based on a study of skin samples may need to be revised, according to new research published today in PNAS. A study by researchers from King’s College London, with support from the NIHR Guy’s and St Thomas’ Biomedical Research Centre, has tested the optimum ultraviolet radiation […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: skin, sunscreen, vitamin D

Immune-boosting role of vitamins D, C, E, zinc, selenium and omega-3 fatty acids: Could they help against COVID-19?

September 19, 2021 by Captain Organic Planet

The effects of vitamins C, D, E, zinc, selenium and omega-3 fatty acids on the immune system and the possible benefits to those suffering from COVID-19 are presented. These are particularly pertinent in the vulnerable elderly population, who represent a disproportionate burden of morbidity and mortality in these times. All of the nutrients mentioned have […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, immune boosting, immune system, immunity, omega 3, selenium, vitamin C, vitamin D, vitamin E, zinc

Yogurt consumption in older Irish adults linked with better bone health

July 18, 2021 by Captain Organic Planet

The largest observational study to date of dairy intakes and bone and frailty measurements in older adults has found that increased yogurt consumption was associated with a higher hip bone density and a significantly reduced risk of osteoporosis in older women and men on the island of Ireland, after taking into account traditional risk factors. […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: bone health, osteoporosis, vitamin D, yogurt

Oral steroids linked to severe vitamin D deficiency

May 8, 2021 by Captain Organic Planet

People taking oral steroids are twice as likely as the general population to have severe vitamin D deficiency, according to a study of more than 31,000 children and adults by scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. Their findings, in the September 28 online edition of The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: oral steroids, steroids, vitamin D, vitamin D deficiency

How vitamin D inhibits inflammation

January 14, 2021 by Captain Organic Planet

Researchers at National Jewish Health have discovered specific molecular and signaling events by which vitamin D inhibits inflammation. In their experiments, they showed that low levels of Vitamin D, comparable to levels found in millions of people, failed to inhibit the inflammatory cascade, while levels considered adequate did inhibit inflammatory signaling. They reported their results […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: anti-inflammatory, disease, inflammation, vitamin D

Vitamin D determines severity in COVID-19 so government advice needs to change, experts urge

January 9, 2021 by Captain Organic Planet

Researchers from Trinity College Dublin are calling on the government in Ireland to change recommendations for vitamin D supplements. A new publication from Dr Eamon Laird and Professor Rose Anne Kenny, School of Medicine, and the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA), in collaboration with Professor Jon Rhodes at University of Liverpool, highlights the association […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, sun, vitamin D

Adequate Levels of Vitamin D Reduces Complications, Death Among COVID-19 Patients

December 25, 2020 by Captain Organic Planet

Hospitalized COVID-19 patients who were vitamin D sufficient, with a blood level of 25-hydroxyvitamin D of at least 30 ng/mL (a measure of vitamin D status), had a significant decreased risk for adverse clinical outcomes including becoming unconscious, hypoxia (body starved for oxygen) and death. In addition, they had lower blood levels of an inflammatory […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, supplements, vitamin D

Over 80 percent of COVID-19 patients have vitamin D deficiency

December 21, 2020 by Captain Organic Planet

Over 80 percent of 200 COVID-19 patients in a hospital in Spain have vitamin D deficiency, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. Vitamin D is a hormone the kidneys produce that controls blood calcium concentration and impacts the immune system. Vitamin D deficiency has been linked […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: COVID-19, immune system, vitamin D, vitamins

Could Vitamin D Save Us From Radiation?

November 5, 2020 by Captain Organic Planet

Radiological health expert Daniel Hayes, Ph.D., of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene suggests that a form of vitamin D could be one of our body’s main protections against damage from low levels of radiation. Writing in the International Journal of Low Radiation, Hayes explains that calcitriol, the active form of […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: calcitriol, dna, radiation, vitamin D

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