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“Progesterone alone was 1.8 times more effective than placebo but vitamin D and progesterone had the greatest impact on recovery. Considering that up to 70% of the US population has inadequate vitamin D levels, this could pose an unfavorable outcome for many TBI patients. Doses given: progesterone (1mg/kg body weight twice a day). vitamin D (5micrograms/kg body weight once per day).”

“In this mini-review, researchers summarize evidence from both epidemiological and mechanistic studies investigating the role of vitamin D in cancer.”

“FTA: > Vitamin D deficiency is associated with a substantially increased risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease in older people, according to the most robust study of its kind ever conducted. An international team found that study participants who were severely vitamin D deficient were more than twice as likely to develop dementia and Alzheimer's disease.”

“Multiple sclerosis has also been linked to genetically low vitamin D...meaning a gene that converts vitamin D into active vitamin D hormone does not work well in many MS patients so they need an unusually high dose of vitamin D.”

“Higher blood levels of 32 nutrients including omega-3, vitamin D, vitamin B, lycopene and more was associated with enhanced performance on specific cognitive tests and functional brain network efficiency in older adults.”

“The main source of vitamin D for infants in the first year of life is breast milk. However, if a mother has inadequate levels of vitamin D herself then the infant will not get a sufficient amount of vitamin D from the milk.”

“FTA: > Vitamin D supplements can reduce chronic obstructive pulmonary disease lung disease flare-ups by over 40 percent in patients with a vitamin D deficiency, according to new research. COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) includes conditions such as chronic bronchitis and emphysema.”

“Insulin resistance fell with the combined strategy versus control and vitamin D alone; both single interventions also beat control. Fasting glucose decreased with the combined approach compared with control.”

“FTA: > A new study offers compelling evidence that inflammation may be the link between vitamin D and prostate cancer. Specifically, the study shows that the gene GDF-15, known to be upregulated by vitamin D, is notably absent in samples of human prostate cancer driven by inflammation.”

“1, 2 00:39:49 - Daily or weekly supplementation of vitamin D reduced the risk of acute respiratory infection by more than 50% in people with the lowest baseline vitamin D levels. People with higher baseline vitamin D levels also benefited, although the effect was more modest (10 percent risk reduction).”