Vitamin D

Late 17th century, rickets was described as a separate disease in the 19th century, was recognized as a deficit state, which can be corrected by cod liver oil. In the 30s years of our century, the market got a purified vitamin D. Was considered to be biologically very potent substance and tested as a cure for various diseases.

The role of vitamin D in the resistance to tuberculosis was predicted long ago, and cod liver TB treatment and exposure to the sun of his time belonged to the popular procedure. If not yet available antituberculous drugs, vitamin D is often used to treat TB skin, sometimes with remarkable effect. But when specific treatments have been developed against mycobacteria, interest in vitamin D decreased.

Vitamins are generally classified according to whether they are fat-soluble or water. The fat-soluble vitamins are vitamins D and K, which are not excreted from the body and therefore an excessive intake can be a certain health risk and damage health. Vitamin D is indispensable for the absorption of calcium and phosphorus on the formation of bones and teeth.

If scientists discovered something better at preventing influenza than vaccination, do you think would everybody use it? Clinical trials conducted by Mitsuyoshim Urashima and developed by the Department of Molecular Epidemiology at the Department of Pediatrics Faculty of Medicine, Jikei University in Tokyo found that vitamin D has been highly effective in preventing influenza infections in children.

Up to 73% of tested athletes have vitamin D deficiency (Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine, September 2010). Vitamin D deficiency may complicate sport performance, and whether in the form of muscle fatigue or indirectly through injury. Muscles consist of muscle fibers, and are of 2 types: slow ones (responsible for endurance) and fast ones (responsible for strength and speed).

The proportion of elderly population in Europe today is around 20% and it is expected that by 2020 will have increased to 25%. The most significant demographic changes were recorded in the older age group population (80 years and over). A number of factors, among others, food has contributed to increased life expectancy.

Low levels of vitamin D in the blood has again been associated with lower mortality of older age people. Researchers observed levels of vitamin D in the form of 25-hydroxyvitamin D in 714 women aged between 70-79 years living in the community, participating in the study: Women's health and aging I and II. The new study used data 614 people, men and women with a mean age of 69.8 years who participated in the study hoome. Levels of 25 (OH) D were measured at baseline.

According to a study published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention can add calcium and vitamin D to promote healthy cells of the colon and rectum. It was found that the combination of minerals and vitamins can normalize the health of cells in the colon and rectum. Researchers from Emory University, University of Minnesota, National Cancer Institute and the National Institutes of Health conducted a pilot, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical study, which was attended by 92 men and women with a history of benign tumors of the colon and rectum.

Middle-aged people and older people with high levels of vitamin D may have a 33 percent lower risk of heart disease. Researchers did a systematic review examining the meta-analyzes the relationship between vitamin D and cardiometabolic disorders such as cardiovascular disease, 2 diabetes mellitus type and metabolic syndrome. The researchers reviewed the scientific literature and identified 28 observational studies published between 2004 to 2009.

Across the modern world is spreading epidemic of vitamin D, and the epidemic is so profound that an outbreak of swine influenza H1N1 looks compared to how cold. Vitamin D deficiency is so widespread, it is alarming, and is also a root cause of many other serious diseases such as cancer, diabetes, osteoporosis and heart disease. A new study published in March 2010 in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism found that 59% of the population has a deficiency of vitamin D.

Approximately half the world's population is below the optimum value of vitamin D in the body. Danish researchers, the discovery could therefore help in the fight against infectious diseases and epidemics, and also could be particularly useful in developing new vaccines. Scientists have discovered that immune cells - T cells - need vitamin D to be activated.

Vitamin D is important in activating the human immune system and its low levels may indicate that the protective type of white blood cells known as T - lymphocytes, or T cells also fails to fight infection, scientists said on Sunday. Approximately half the world's population is below the optimum value of vitamin D in the body. Danish researchers, the discovery could therefore help in the fight against infectious diseases and epidemics, and also could be particularly useful in developing new vaccines.

In summer there is plenty of sunshine everywhere, skin it is often long and lighting, which the body produces large amounts of vitamin D. Increased levels of vitamin D in the blood causes feelings of euphoria. Of course, in winter can also achieve such effect. Although the Sun is less body and has only limited possibilities to produce vitamin D, but we can deliver him from food.

Vitamin D is important in activating the human immune system and its low levels may indicate that the protective type of white blood cells known as T - lymphocytes, or T cells also fails to fight infection, scientists said on Sunday. Approximately half the world's population is below the optimum value of vitamin D in the body. Danish researchers, the discovery could therefore help in the fight against infectious diseases and epidemics, and also could be particularly useful in developing new vaccines.