Both Easy and Beneficial to Raise Vitamin D Levels
It’s a world-wide epidemic: low vitamin D levels. 14 in every 100 people around the world has poor vitamin D levels. (1) One published report states that it affects 1 billion people worldwide. (2) Low vitamin D status is connected to a varied assortment of diseases. Raising vitamin D levels is beneficial and easy…if vitamin D supplementation is followed. Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries encourages our Manchester chiropractic patients to know and improve as necessary their vitamin D levels. Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries is confident that positive health benefits will follow from this effort.
DISEASES RELATED TO LOW VITAMIN D LEVELS
A rampant vitamin D deficiency is associated with many diseases. The incidence of cancers like breast, colorectal, kidney, lung, and pancreatic is related to low vitamin D levels. Diabetes, rickets, rheumatic arthritis, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer diseases, benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, osteomalacia, osteoporosis, and fractures in adults are as well. (1, 2, 3) Vitamin D participates importantly in calcium homeostasis, skeletal metabolism, and the function of immune, cardiovascular and reproductive systems. (2) Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo is also research-related to vitamin D status and bone mineral density. (3) It responds well to vitamin D3 supplementation. Testing for the occurrence of osteopenia/osteoporosis in these patients is the test as to the effectiveness of the treatment. (4) Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries notes that this is interesting as these two conditions are also known to be influenced by vitamin D status too. Manchester chiropractic care at Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries benefits Manchester chiropractic patients with these conditions.
BENEFITS OF IMPROVING VITAMIN D LEVELS
Supplementing those who take antidepressants with vitamin D is documented to improve the antidepressive effect. Researchers propose that vitamin D may be beneficial for other such conditions beyond just depression like schizophrenia, cognitive disturbances, attention deficit disorder, and autism. (1) Giving a daily equal dose of vitamin D (1000 units/kg I.P.) to post-surgical back patients on day one through day 21 eases symptoms of neuropathic pain. (5) Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries acknowledges how these benefits are worth the effort our Manchester chiropractic patients would take on to elevate poor vitamin D levels.
HOW TO RAISE VITAMIN D LEVELS
A study of healthy young women showed that consuming calcium plus vitamin D (1500 IU) by those with less than 20ng/L or 800 IU of vitamin D by those with levels of greater than 20 ng/L. Both saw their vitamin D levels raise. The rise was seen in the first month of the study for those taking calcium plus vitamin D. An interesting side finding in this study: It’s difficult to get people to do what is suggested! Only 67 of the 106 study participants took the recommended supplements for the three months of the study! (6)
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