Within
the last few years, the scientific community has experienced a revolution in
regards to this powerful vitamin D.
There
isn’t a conference or a congress where this topic is not featured in and
already, it has led the USA to spend millions of pounds in its investigation.
What
is Vitamin D?
Vitamin
D or its metabolite, which is its active part o D3, is a compound that our organism
needs and synthesises. 90%
of its sythetization takes part through the skin whilst the remaining 10% comes
from food, which includes fish such as salmon as well as products such as milk
or egg yolk.
How
is Vitamin D synthesised in the skin?
Vitamin
D is synthesised through the ultraviolet rays that come from the sun.
What
happens after Vitamin D is synthesised?
In
the beginning, it was thought that Vitamin D only aided towards the breaking
down of calcium by allowing it to be deposited within our bones. If patients
didn’t take enough calcium it would lead to rickets in children and Osteomalacia
in adults.
However,
new discoveries have lead to the finding that Vitamin D works as a hormone.
This
means that the Vitamin acts at a cellular level within our organism and in turn
impacts the most on us.
What
other new discoveries have been published?
It
has been found that 40% of adults older than 50 are experiencing deficiency of
this vitamin.
This
is also true in 52% of adolescents of Hispanic origins and White Americans, 48%
of pre adolescent women as well as 39% of young healthy adults.
Deficiency
of this vitamin is seen the highest in children from Mongolia with 60% of them
affected as well as within women and children in the Middle East.
Apart
from producing rickets and Osteomalacia it can also be related to the following
pathologies:
- Schizophrenia.
- Depression.
- It can cause mood
changes.
- Infectious diseases
predominantly respiratory such as tuberculosis
- Asthma
- Cystic Fibrosis
- High blood pressure
- Autoimmune diseases such
as Type 1 Diabetes that is predominantly seen in children and adolescents.
- Multiple Sclerosis.
- Parkinson’s Disease.
- Alzheimer’s and
Dementia.
- Fibromyalgia.
- Crohn’s Disease.
- Muscular and Bone ailment.
- Osteoarthritis.
- Osteoporosis.
- Skin Diseases such as
Eczema, psoriasis or vitiligo.
- Dental diseases.
- Colon, Breast or
Pancreatic Cancer.
Lastly,
scientists have also discovered and have evidence that Vitamin D protects the
organism against the gravest illnesses, and that around 13% of deaths that take
place in the USA and 9% of in Europe, can be attributed to low levels of
Vitamin D.
So,
how can we obtain normal levels of Vitamin D?
Just
exposing our arms, face and legs for 5 to 30 minutes, twice a week to the sun
will be enough to keep those levels normal whilst avoiding going out in mid
afternoon.
How
will we know if we have any Vitamin D deficiency?
Through
a blood test prescribed by your doctor.
To
whom is it recommended to take supplements followed by regular check ups?
1. It affects mothers that
breastfeed as their milk lacks this Vitamin. 2. People that have dark
skin as their skin has less capacity to produce Vitamin D due to the sun.
3. People that are obese
with a body mass index of over 30 as it is harder for Vitamin D to be passed
through to the blood.
4. Older adults as they
have less capacity of producing Vitamin D through the sun. 5. People that wear clothes
that cover them whether that is due to their job or religious beliefs.
6. People that have had a
gastric bypass o any weight loss surgery.
7. Patients that take
medication such as glucocorticoids or anti-epileptic drugs. 8. Patients that experience
hepatic and renal issues.
9. People that live
isolated in their homes or closed institutions.
Warning.
All
Vitamin D supplements must be taken with supervision by your doctor.
Where
is the majority of this information taken from?
From
the prestigious magazine British Medical Journal (BMJ).
Dr
J. Hurtado Martínez
Medical
Director of HealthSalus
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Lastly,
scientists have also discovered and have evidence that Vitamin D protects the
organism against the gravest illnesses, and that around 13% of deaths that take
place in the USA and 9% of in Europe, can be attributed to low levels of
Vitamin D. 
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