Vitamin D Council July 31st, 2012 This newsletter is in part made possible by the support of our sponsors

Vitamin D at the Olympics
The Olympics are well underway, where the world’s greatest athletes come to compete. Can vitamin D play a role and be the difference between a silver and gold?

Athletes are beginning to catch on to the fact that vitamin D plays a role in balance, strength, and muscle repair. Vitamin D increases the size of fast-twitch muscles and general muscle strength, helpful in the quick sprints and explosive movements. Past research has shown athletes with higher vitamin D levels can jump higher, quicker, and with greater power than those with the lowest levels.

Dr Cannell discusses the importance of vitamin D in his book Athlete's Edge: Faster, Quicker, Stronger with Vitamin D. With a donation of $100 or more you will receive a personalized, signed copy of Dr Cannell’s book. Learn all about Dr Cannell’s theory on the 1968 Olympics and what made them such an extraordinary Olympics.

Meta-analysis confirms: Vitamin D prevents risk of fractures
July 24, 2012 -- John Cannell, MD
A new meta-analysis confirms that vitamin D prevents risk of fractures. The analysis provides vitamin D dose requirements most effective for fracture prevention. Continue reading → (no membership required)


Vitamin D May reduce the risk of dominantly inherited Alzheimer's disease
July 25, 2012 -- Dr William Grant
Dr Grant reviews research published in the New England Journal of Medicine which provides insight into specific biomarkers and behavioral changes in dominantly inherited Alzheimer’s disease. Continue reading → (no membership required)
  Melanoma: Making the case for sun exposure
July 28, 2012 -- John Cannell, MD
Research published in Dermatoendocrinology makes the case that regular sun exposure decreases the risk of malignant melanoma and possibly non-melanoma skin cancers. Continue reading → (membership required)


Dr Cannell on Tech Talk Podcast with Craig Peterson
July 25, 2012 -- Kate Saley
Dr Cannell talks with Craig Peterson on his Tech Talk Podcast about relevant vitamin D research and tips for maintaining adequate vitamin D levels. Continue reading → (no membership required)

Meta-analysis: Gestational diabetes linked to low vitamin D
July 26, 2012 -- John Cannell, MD
Dr Poel and colleagues from the Netherlands recently conducted the first ever meta-analysis examining a link between gestational diabetes and vitamin D status during pregnancy. Dr Cannell discusses their results. Continue reading → (membership required)


Vitamin D for weight loss?
July 27, 2012 -- Rebecca Oshiro
A study published in the Journal of Women’s Health found that elderly women with low vitamin D may be prone to weight gain when compared to women with sufficient D levels. Continue reading → (no membership required)

Study: COPD associated with low vitamin D levels
July 30, 2012 -- John Cannell, MD
Researchers from Noway investigate low vitamin D levels in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Read what they found. Continue reading → (no membership required)
 

Vitamin D may protect against lung function decline in smokers
July 23, 2012 -- Vitamin D News
Researchers in Boston found that vitamin D deficiency in smokers is associated with worse lung function and more rapid decline in lung function over time. Continue reading → (news)

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Vitamin D status at breast cancer diagnosis: Correlation with tumor characteristics?
July 17, 2012 -- Brindusa Vanta, MD
A new study confirms that healthy blood levels of vitamin D are important in women diagnosed with breast cancer and it also reveals new findings regarding the benefits of vitamin D for this condition.

Hatse S et al. Vitamin D status at breast cancer diagnosis: correlation with tumor characteristics, disease outcome and genetic determinants of vitamin D insufficiency. Carcinogenesis, 2012.

In this study, featured in the May 2012 issue of Carcinogenesis, a group of scientists out of Catholic University Leuven in Belgium evaluated the relation between vitamin D status and breast cancer. They wanted to know if vitamin D status at the time of diagnosis correlates or influences tumor characteristics, survival, and cancer relapse. Furthermore, they wanted to know if any of this was influenced by vitamin D related genes. Continue reading → (no membership required)

Can vitamin D supplementation help relieve the symptoms of depression?
July 20, 2012 -- Brant Cebulla
This week in The British Journal of Psychiatry, researchers in Norway have published results from their randomized controlled trial studying the effects of vitamin D on depressive symptoms in otherwise healthy adults. Continue reading → (no membership required)
  D deficiency may be linked to diabetic foot infections
July 19, 2012 -- John Cannell, MD
Dr. Shalbha Tiwari and colleagues in India researched the prevalence and severity of vitamin D deficiency in patients with diabetic foot infections. Continue reading → (no membership required)



Vitamin D linked to healthy arteries?
July 21, 2012 -- John Cannell, MD
Researchers from the University of Alabama examined the relationship between vitamin D deficiency, arterial stiffness, and ethnicity. They found large differences in the health of two group’s arteries, even at the age of 29. Continue reading → (membership required)

Sunshine for the elderly: To expose or not to expose?
July 23, 2012 -- John Cannell, MD
Dr Cannell reviews Professor Glossmann’s paper discussing why the elderly should expose themselves to moderate, regular sun exposure as often as possible during seasons when the sun is high in the sky. Continue reading → (membership required)



Rheumitoid arthritis and increased risk of heart disease: Is D deficiency to blame?
July 18, 2012 -- John Cannell, MD
Researchers at John Hopkin’s School of Medicine examined the relationship between rheumatoid arthritis, increased cardiovascular disease risk, and vitamin D deficiency. Is D the missing link? Continue reading → (membership required)

Vitamin D deficiency linked to poor lung function in asthmatic children?
July 17, 2012 -- Vitamin D News
Research published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine found that vitamin D deficiency may be linked with poor lung function in children with asthma. Continue reading → (news)

 
Obesity and D deficiency add up to greater risk of diabetes and insulin resistance
July 18, 2012 -- Vitamin D News
Researchers from the Drexel University School of Public Health found that patients who are both obese and vitamin D deficient are at greater risk of insulin resistance than patients with either factor alone. Continue reading → (news)

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Bipolar disorder and schizophrenia: Risk factors for autism?
July 14, 2012 -- John Cannell, MD
Bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and autism directly affect the lives of tens of millions of people in the USA. Even if you are free of them, chances are that you know someone with one of the disorders.

Living in our world makes it easy to conclude that the incredible prevalence of these disorders is simply the way it has always been. However, substantial evidence indicates that all three disorders are rapidly increasing and that all three were rare two and a half centuries ago.

E. Fuller Torrey Invisible Plague: The Rise of Mental Illness from 1750 to the Present [Paperback]

Is it possible that one factor is at work in all three disorders? Dr. Patrick Sullivan of my alma mater, the UNC School of Medicine, and 12 colleagues from around the world collaborated on the largest study to date that links the three disorders. Continue reading → (no membership required)

Dietary intake and stress fractures among male combat recruits
July 13, 2012 -- Jim Larsen
Jim Larsen reviews a study examining stress factor incidence and dietary status in male combat recruits. He suggests some changes be made to reduce the risk of fractures among this high risk population. Continue reading → (no membership required)

RCT: Dietary and supplemental vitamin D2 did not increase total vitamin D blood levels
July 16, 2012 -- Rebecca Oshiro
The newest addition to our blogging team, Rebecca Oshiro discusses a randomized controlled trial which found that D2, consumed as a supplement or included in a meal, increased vitamin D2 serum levels while decreasing D3 levels. Continue reading → (no membership required)


Vitamin D supplementation and sun exposure: Can we pick and choose?
July 11, 2012 -- John Cannell, MD
Dr Hart of the University of Western Australia recently published a paper which suggests vitamin D supplementation and moderate sun exposure may both be necessary to achieve optimal health. Continue reading → (membership required)

Study: Vitamin D's effect in MS may be larger than suspected
July 12, 2012 -- John Cannell, MD
Researchers out of France, led by Dr Pierrot-Deseilligny, found that vitamin D in combination with standard MS treatments greatly reduces relapse rates. Continue reading → (membership required)



Dr Cannell on the Healthy Living Radio's podcast
July 11, 2012 -- Kate Saley
Dr Cannell talks with Todd Whitthorne on the Healthy Living Radio’s podcast about the USFPTF task force recommendation and other recent vitamin D research. Continue reading → (no membership required)

Dear Dr Cannell: No improvement with vitamin D
July 10, 2012 -- John Cannell, MD
A doctor in Minnesota writes to update Dr Cannell on the status of his autistic son who has been supplementing with vitamin D3. He is concerned with the lack of improvement seen so far. Continue reading → (no membership required)
 

Review: High dose vitamin D decreases risk of fracture in older adults
July 9, 2012 -- Vitamin D News
A meta-analysis published in The New England Journal of Medicine reports that higher doses of vitamin D do in fact decrease the risk of fracture in older adults. Continue reading → (news)

Attend upcoming conference in Warsaw, Poland on vitamin D!
Oct. 19-20, 2012
Remember to sign up for the upcoming Vitamin D - Minimum, Maximum, Optimum conference in Warsaw, Poland. The children's Memorial Health Institute is putting on the conference scheduled for October 19-20th, 2012 discussing updated recommendations for diagnostics, prevention and management of Vitamin D deficiency. Click here for more information.

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How many people know about vitamin D?
July 7, 2012 -- Brant Cebulla
Ever wonder how many people know as much about vitamin D as you? Last summer, Professor Sandra Clips and colleagues from John Hopkins University wanted to know this, too, and published some interesting results.

Clipp, SL et al. Sun-seeking behavior to increase cutaneous vitamin D synthesis: When prevention messages conflict. Public Health Reports, 2011.

In 2007, they sent out a questionnaire to a group of people who lived in Washington County, Maryland (a semi-rural county) in 1989 and have been followed ever since. From this questionnaire the researchers sent out, they got a total of 8,027 valid responses.

Here is what they found:

• 30% were aware that unprotected sun exposure increased vitamin D levels.
• Women were a little more aware of this interaction than men (32% vs. 28%).
• Education was a significant factor. Awareness increased from 23% to 25% to 38% among those who had <12, 12 and >12 years of education, respectively.
• 42% of people who took vitamin D supplements were aware of the vitamin D-sun exposure interaction compared to just 25% of non-supplement users.

Did people who were aware that sun exposure increased vitamin D levels actually seek sun exposure? Continue reading → (no membership required)

Vitamin D reduces risk of hospital acquired infections
July 6, 2012 -- Dr William Grant
Dr William Grant discusses a paper recently published in Dermato-Endocrinology which provides evidence that vitamin D may reduce the risk of hospital-acquired infections. Continue reading → (no membership required)
  Case study: Vitamin D clears granuloma annulare
July 9, 2012 -- John Cannell, MD
A recent study found activated vitamin D cleared a patients granuloma annulare, a chronic, potentially disfiguring skin rash which was previously untreatable. Continue reading → (membership required)


Dear Dr Cannell: Autism update
July 3, 2012 -- John Cannell, MD
The mother of an autistic child updates Dr Cannell on her child’s improvement since taking vitamin D supplements. Continue reading → (no membership required)

Vitamin D, breast cancer, and chemotherapy: A look at the research
July 5, 2012 -- John Cannell, MD
Dr Cannell reviews past research on vitamin D and breast cancer and discusses the importance of vitamin D sufficiency throughout chemotherapy. Continue reading → (membership required)



Study: New insight into vitamin D, calcium relationship
July 3, 2012 -- Vitamin D News
Research presented last week at the 94th Annual Endocrine Society meeting shows that vitamin D supplementation therapy is safe for patients with high serum calcium levels.  Continue reading → (news)

Link between vitamin D, parathyroid hormone, and bone mineral density
July 5, 2012 -- Vitamin D News
Researchers from the Catholic University of Korea recently report on the connection between vitamin D, parathyroid hormone and bone mineral density in elderly Koreans. Continue reading → (news)
 


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4th of July: A great excuse for some fun in the sun
July 3, 2012
The Vitamin D Council wants to know how you’re getting your vitamin D this 4th of July! Join in on the discussion “How are you getting your vitamin D this 4th?” on Facebook and let us know!

The most interesting and responsible response will win a 6-month free blog membership. What is responsible? Moderate but full body sun exposure.

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Not celebrating the 4th of July? Let us know what you’re up to this upcoming weekend!

Low D levels in patients with schizophrenia
June 29, 2012 -- Brant Cebulla
A team of doctors and researchers out of Israel have recently reported on the vitamin D levels of schizophrenic patients at the Ness Ziona Mental Health Center in Israel. Continue reading → (membership required)

Low vitamin D may boost metabolic syndrome risk
July 2, 2012 -- John Cannell, MD
Dr Cannell reviews research which suggests vitamin D may help lower your risk of developing the metabolic syndrome, a combination of disorders that, when occuring together, increase the risk of developing heart disease and diabetes. Continue reading → (membership required)


Vitamin D: A treatment for mastitis in cows?
June 27, 2012 -- John Cannell, MD
Molecular biologist John Lippolis of the U.S. Department of Agriculture has discovered that vitamin D, injected directly into a cow’s inflamed breast, effectively treats mastitis. Continue reading → (no membership required)

Study: Vitamin D improves pain, sleep, and quality of life in chronic pain patients
June 30, 2012 -- Kate Saley
Researchers from Emory University School of Medicine report in a recent study that after supplementing with vitamin D, chronic pain patients reported improvements in pain, lack of sleep, and quality of life. Continue reading → (membership required)



Recap: The 15th Vitamin D Workshop
June 26, 2012 -- Kate Saley
Kate Saley reviews last week’s festivities at the 15th Vitamin D Workshop in Houston, TX. She discusses the latest research presented at the workshop as well as an interesting debate about supplement recommendations. Continue reading → (no membership required)

Undertreatment of osteoporosis in Western Australia
July 2, 2012 -- Vitamin D News
Researchers of the Royal Perth Hospital in Western Australia report that undertreatment of osteoporosis is common in patients living in rural communities in comparison with metropolitan dwellers. Continue reading → (News)