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You can have too much vitamin D3
By: agate Date: February 14, 2016, 10:56 am
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Some people are taking megadoses of vitamin D3 but should
proceed with caution. An article in the Huffington Post
(9/17/15) points out, with references to respected medical
journals, that too much vitamin D3 can be harmful:
HTML http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tod-cooperman-md/vitamin-d_b_8137364.html
HTML http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tod-cooperman-md/vitamin-d_b_8137364.html
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Better and larger studies needed to determine if increased vitam
in D3 has benefits
By: agate Date: June 10, 2016, 3:03 pm
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Just as a postscript to this: The June/July 2016 issue of
Neurology Now contains two letters about people with MS who
believe that increasing their vitamin D3 by supplementation has
helped their MS, and there is an editorial comment in reply to
the letters:
[quote]Thank you for sharing your experiences with vitamin D.
Despite such anecdotal evidence, experts would advise caution in
interpreting the effect of the vitamin on MS or other
conditions, which is why they stress the need for better and
larger studies.
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Vitamin D controversy continued
By: agate Date: August 16, 2016, 1:33 am
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From Multiple Sclerosis News Today, August 1, 2016:
[quote]High Doses of Vitamin D Unlikely to Help MS Patients, But
Daily Low Dose Good for All, UK Group Says
Özge Özkaya, PhD
The Multiple Sclerosis Trust announced that the Vitamin D
working group, part of the U.K. Scientific Advisory Committee on
Nutrition (SACN), has published a 300-page, comprehensive report
now recommending that anyone age 4 and older take 10 μg
(400 IU) of vitamin D each day to ensure musculoskeletal
health. The review, “Vitamin D and Health,” was conducted to
assess whether the U.K. dietary recommendations, set in 1991,
were still appropriate.
People with multiple sclerosis (MS) are not advised to take
higher doses to treat the disease because of conflicting
evidence regarding vitamin D supplements, the group said in a
press release.
According to some neurologists, high doses of vitamin D
supplements may be beneficial for MS patients. These
neurologists recommend that patients and their family members
take around 100-124 μg (4000-5000 IU) of vitamin D every
day (about 10 times the daily recommended dose for the general
population), but others do not agree.
Research has shown that low levels of vitamin D are associated
with the risk of developing MS, disease relapses, and increased
disability. However, no causal role of vitamin D in reducing the
risk or severity of MS has been seen. In fact, research studies
to date have failed to produce any evidence showing that vitamin
D supplements reduce the risk of developing MS or the severity
of the condition. Most of these were observational studies and
not randomized controlled trials, and produced inconsistent data
between MS and vitamin D. Larger studies are ongoing to further
investigate the potential benefits of vitamin D in MS. ...
Vitamin D is essential to maintain muscle and bone health.
Vitamin D is present in fish, eggs and fortified cereals,
although in limited amounts, not enough to provide all the
vitamin D that the body needs. Most of the vitamin D required
for healthy muscles and bones is synthesized through sunlight on
the skin.
According to Public Health England, most people get enough
vitamin D through sunlight on their skin in the spring and
summer seasons. During fall and winter, the agency — based on
the working group’s findings — also recommends that people take
10 μg vitamin D supplements, and that they eat a healthy,
balanced diet throughout the year.[/quote]
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