Vitamin C, to be happier
It has been found that vitamin C contained in citrus can improve mood, so doctors could improve their patients’ emotional status of accidents and emergencies, just give them a dose of vitamin C.
Canadian researchers randomly assigned acute hospital to give supplements of vitamin C or vitamin D for seven to 10 days.
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Vitamin D Deficiency and Diabetes
New research suggests that people with diabetes may face an increased risk of heart disease if you are deficient in vitamin D.
An article in Science News cites a study by the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, indicating that macrophages, immune cells that normally fight heart disease by absorbing LDL cholesterol, can do its job too well in cases of deficiency of vitamin D.
Instead of helping to prevent heart disease in these patients, macrophages may actually contribute to their occurrence.
The Sunshine Vitamin
Vitamin D is called the sunshine vitamin because exposure to it is one of the most common forms of procurement. We may also be found in certain foods such as salmon, tuna, sardines, milk and cod liver oil. The consumption of supplements is also a way to integrate it into our bodies. Here we present the main reasons for using vitamin D. Continue reading
Vitamin D and HIV
Despite everything we know about vitamin D, anyone can bet that nothing will surprise us about this vitamin?
I certainly do not. Reviewing some of the latest published studies on vitamin D one caught my attention appeared in the Journal of Infectious Diseases in October 2009. The study was conducted in Tanzania, a country particularly affected by the HIV epidemic, with 884 infected pregnant women.
And the results were quite significant:
- 61% higher mortality during follow-up in children born to mothers with low vitamin D.
- 50% more cases of HIV measured in the sixth week of birth in children born to mothers with low vitamin D.
- 49% fetal mortality or HIV infection detected at birth in mothers with low vitamin D.
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Vitamin D is Important For Strong Bones
Vitamin D is the vitamin for healthy and strong bones. It is necessary to take calcium from your food and incorporated into your bones. This vitamin D helps to reduce the risk of bone loss (osteoporosis). Vitamin D is naturally mainly in fatty fish and margarine spreads with added standard. Our own body can make vitamin D in the skin, under the influence of sunlight. The Health Council recommendations for vitamin D significantly increased. Many people without knowing a vitamin D deficiency and thus an increased risk of osteoporosis.