NUMEROUS RESEARCH STUDIES LINK OPTIMAL VITAMIN D LEVELS TO BETTER HEALTH OUTCOMES.
Vitamin D3 is not a “magic bullet” but is often used as part of a healthy lifestyle to help individuals optimize their health.
GENERAL VITAMIN D RESEARCH
- Vitamin D: Metabolism, Molecular Mechanism of Action and Pleiotropic Effects
- Vitamin D – OSU Micronutrient Research
- Vitamin D Increases the Expression and Activity of the Human Proton-Coupled Folate Transporter
- Vitamin D Levels, Hospital Infections Linked
- Vitamin D - Wikipedia
- Vitamin D Flashcard
- Calcitriol (Bioactive Vitamin D)
- Vitamin D and Multiple Health Outcomes
- Vitamin D and Risk of Cause Specific Death
- Vitamin D Supplementation
- Vitamin D and Health in the 21st Century
- Vitamin D2 Less Effective than D3
- Vitamin D3 More Potent Than Vitamin D2
BARIATRIC SURGERY
CANCER & AUTOIMMUNE
- Breast Cancer
- Genome-Wide Perspective
- Prostate Cancer
- Prostate Cancer Meta-Analysis
- Vitamin D Deficiency May Predict Aggressive Prostate Cancer
- Vitamin D Deficiency and Reduced Hodgkin Lymphoma Survival
- Vitamin D Intake and Lung Cancer Risk in the Women's Health Initiative
- Vitamin D – Cancer Mortality in the United States
- Vitamin D – Cancer Incidence and Mortality
- Role of Vitamin D in Cancer Prevention
COVID-19
- Vitamin D and COVID-19: An Overview of Recent Evidence
- "Conclusions: In summary, current evidence supports the links between vitamin D and COVID-19 and the benefits of vitamin D supplementation for managing or treating this condition. Most of the literature reports improved COVID-19 prognosis and outcomes with sufficient vitamin D concentrations, with or without supplementation, with some reporting no significant differences based on vitamin D levels and/or no improvements following supplementation."
- COVID-19 Mortality Risk Correlates Inversely with Vitamin D3 Status,
and a Mortality Rate Close to Zero Could Theoretically Be Achieved at 50 ng/mL
25(OH)D3: Results of a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis - "Conclusions: The datasets provide strong evidence that low D3 is a predictor rather than just a side effect of the infection. Despite ongoing vaccinations, we recommend raising serum 25(OH)D levels to above 50 ng/mL to prevent or mitigate new outbreaks due to escape mutations or decreasing antibody activity."
- SARS-CoV-2 positivity rates associated with
circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels - "There was an association between lower SARS-CoV-2 positivity rates and higher circulating 25(OH)D levels..."
- Analysis of vitamin D levels among asympomatic and critically ill COVID-19 patients and its correlation with inflammatory markers
- "The fatality rate was high in vitamin D deficient (21% vs 3.1%). Vitamin D level is markedly low in severe COVID-19 patients. Inflammatory response is high in vitamin D deficient COVID-19 patients. This all translates into increased mortality in vitamin D deficient COVID-19 patients. As per the flexible approach in the current COVID-19 pandemic authors recommend mass administration of vitamin D supplements to population at risk for COVID-19."
- Vitamin D Insufficiency is Prevalent in Severe COVID-19
- Evidence That Vitamin D Supplementation Could Reduce Risk of Influenza and COVID-19 Infections and Deaths
- The Possible Role of Vitamin D in Suppressing Cytokine Storm and Associated Mortality in COVID-19 Patients
- The Role of Vitamin D in the Prevention of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Infection and Mortality
- Vitamin D and SARS-CoV-2 Virus/COVID-19 Disease
DEMENTIA
ENDOCRINE
- D3 has a Potential Antiatherosclerotic Effect
- Association of D3 with Insulin Resistance and Beta-Cell Function
- Diabetes Atherosclerosis
- Vitamin D & Risk Markers for Type 2 Diabetes
- Antiatherogenic Monocyte/Macrophage Phenotype in Type 2
- Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D: Relationship with Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes
- Plasma 25-Hydroxyvitamin D: Risk of Type 2 Diabetes and Pre-Diabetes
- Lipoprotein Lipase Links Vitamin D – Insulin Resistance and Type 2 Diabetes
- Vitamin D Deficiency – Endothelial Function
ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION
HEART DISEASE
- Anticalcific Paracine Program in Macrophages
- Resolution of Statin-Induced Myalgias
- 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Levels Inversely Associate with Risk for Developing Coronary Artery Calcification
- Vitamin D and Cardiovascular Disease
- Vitamin D Deficiency and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease
- Vitamin D Lowers Plasma Renin in Patients with Stable Chronic Heart Failure
IBS AND LOW VITAMIN D
KIDNEY DISEASE
MENTAL HEALTH
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME
POSTMENOPAUSAL
PREGNANCY
- Vitamin D Linked to Fertility Outcomes in ART
- Vitamin D Deficiency During Pregnancy: An Ongoing Epidemic
- Vitamin D Status in Pregnancy and the Risk of Pre-Eclampsia
- Vitamin D Supplement and the Prevention of Recurrence of Pre-Eclampsia
- Pre-Eclampsia & Heart Defects in Children
- Perinatal Development
- Preterm Birth Rates
- Small-for-Gestational Age
- Assessment of Vitamin D Requirements During Pregnancy and Lactation