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From Life Extension Magazine May 2007 Vitamin D Helps Alleviate Heart Failure Heart failure—the heart’s inability to pump enough blood to meet the body’s requirements—is a leading cause of death in industrialized nations. Scientists believe that elevated levels of circulating pro-inflammatory cytokines may contribute to heart failure, and that vitamin D may offer heart-protective benefits [...]
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Science Daily Vitamin D Deficiency Increases Risk of Heart Disease, Danish Study Finds Sep. 24, 2012 — New research from the University of Copenhagen and Copenhagen University Hospital shows that low levels of vitamin D are associated with a markedly higher risk of heart attack and early death. The study involved more than 10,000 Danes [...]
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Am J Med Sci. 2009 Jul;338(1):40-4. Vitamin D deficiency and risk for cardiovascular disease. Judd SE, Tangpricha V. Department of Biostatistics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA. Abstract Vitamin D is an important prohormone for optimal intestinal calcium absorption for mineralization of bone. Because the vitamin D receptor is present in multiple tissues, [...]
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Curr Opin Investig Drugs. 2010 Mar;11(3):309-14. Vitamin D deficiency and cardiovascular disease: Is there a role for vitamin D therapy in heart failure? Lee W, Kang PM. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Cardiovascular Division, 3 Blackfan Circle, Room 910, Boston, MA 02215, USA. Abstract Accumulating evidence suggests that vitamin D deficiency is associated with cardiovascular [...]
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Mol Nutr Food Res. 2010 Aug;54(8):1103-13. Vitamin D deficiency and myocardial diseases. Pilz S, Tomaschitz A, Drechsler C, Dekker JM, März W. Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Nuclear Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria. stefan.pilz@chello.at Abstract Vitamin D deficiency is common among patients with myocardial diseases because sun-induced vitamin D production [...]
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This is what the website about the “Vitamin D Council” states about themselves: The Vitamin D Council is a group of concerned citizens and scientists who believe many humans are needlessly suffering and dying from Vitamin D Deficiency. We have been incorporated as a nonprofit, tax-exempt 501(c)(e) educational corporation in the State of California since [...]
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The case against ergocalciferol (vitamin D2) as a vitamin supplement American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol. 84, No. 4, 694-697, October 2006 Supplemental vitamin D is available in 2 distinct forms: ergocalciferol (vitamin D2) and cholecalciferol (vitamin D3). Pharmacopoeias have officially regarded these 2 forms as equivalent and interchangeable, yet this presumption of equivalence is [...]
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These are the recommendations for Vitamin D dosage according to the National Institute of Health: The following doses have been studied in scientific research: BY MOUTH: For preventing osteoporosis and fractures: 400-1000 IU per day has been used for older adults. Some experts recommended higher doses of 1000-2000 IU daily. For preventing falls: 800-1000 IU/day [...]
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Harvard School of Public Health Vitamin D and Health Vitamin D and Heart Disease Vitamin D has been getting increased publicity in the last few years as one of the most important factors in physical health… The optimal level of Vitamin D is controversial… The heart is basically a large muscle, and like skeletal muscle, [...]
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