Sunday, February 24, 2008

Vitamin D levels may affect heart health

JAMA 02.20.08
Half of all middle-aged and older adults are vitamin D deficient. This is below 15 ng/ml – unequivocally low in the world today.

Known disease that have been associated with low D include, osteoporosis, weak muscles, cancer, diabetes, schizophrenia depression, lung dysfunction and cardiovascular disease.

The chance of a first cardiovascular event is increased 62% in someone with high blood pressure and low vitamin D.

3 comments:

Ann Roadarmel said...

How much Vitamin D is recommended by Dr. Joe?

Anonymous said...

There is an emerging consensus that 2000 IU/day is safe for everyone and that intakes much less than that are probably not optimal for the vast majority of us.

Anonymous said...

I have been taking 100,000 IUs of Vitamin D per day since 2001 and my health is very good. Have Diabetes but nothing else. Grandma Dix