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Matti Narkia

VITAMIN D LOWERS C-REACTIVE PROTEIN (CRP) - 0 views

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    VITAMIN D LOWERS C-REACTIVE PROTEIN (CRP) Van den Berghe and colleagues at the University of Leuven in Belgium appear to be the first to show that simple, natural and cheap vitamin D (cholecalciferol) lowers CRP in critically ill patients. Even small amounts of cholecalciferol (500 IU) lowered CRP by more than 25% in a small group of critically ill patients. Another marker of inflammation (IL-6) was reduced even more. The researchers also found that critically ill patients were profoundly deficient in vitamin D.
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Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 concentrations and carotid artery intima-media thickness amo... - 0 views

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    Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 concentrations and carotid artery intima-media thickness among type 2 diabetic patients. Targher G, Bertolini L, Padovani R, Zenari L, Scala L, Cigolini M, Arcaro G. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2006 Nov;65(5):593-7. PMID: 17054459 CONCLUSIONS: Hypovitaminosis D is highly prevalent in type 2 diabetic adults and is strongly and independently associated with increased carotid IMT. Further investigation into whether vitamin D may play a role in the prevention of atherosclerosis appears to be warranted.
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Putting cardiovascular disease and vitamin D insufficiency into perspective - 0 views

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    Vitamin D and disease prevention with special reference to cardiovascular disease. Zittermann A. Prog Biophys Mol Biol. 2006 Sep;92(1):39-48. Epub 2006 Feb 28. Review. PMID: 1660034
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Vitamin D metabolites as clinical markers in autoimmune and chronic disease. - Ann N Y ... - 0 views

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    Vitamin D metabolites as clinical markers in autoimmune and chronic disease. Blaney GP, Albert PJ, Proal AD. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2009 Sep;1173:384-90. PMID: 19758177 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04875.x
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Vitamin D and Vitamin K Team Up to Lower CVD Risk - Part I - 1 views

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    Strong correlations have been noted between cardiovascular diseases and low bone density / osteoporosis-connections so strong that the presence of one type of pathology is considered a likely predictor of the other. This potentially causal relationship has led to the hypothesis that these conditions share core mechanisms. Recent advances in our understanding of the complimentary roles played by vitamin D3 and vitamin K2 in vascular and bone health provide support for this hypothesis, along with insight into key metabolic dysfunctions underlying cardiovascular disease and osteoporosis. Part I of this review summarizes current research linking vitamin D deficiency to cardiovascular disease, the physiological mechanisms underlying vitamin D's cardiovascular effects, and leading vitamin D researchers' recommendations for significantly higher supplemental doses of the pro-hormone. Part II reviews the vitamin K connection to cardiovascular disease; the ways in which vitamin D and vitamin K pair up to prevent inflammation, vascular calcification and osteoporosis; and the necessity of providing vitamin K along with vitamin D to preclude adverse effects associated with hypervitaminosis D, which include vascular and other soft tissue calcification.
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The Heart Scan Blog: "High-dose" Vitamin D - 0 views

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    I stumbled on one of the growing number of local media stories on the power of vitamin D. \nIn one story, a purported "expert" was talking about the benefits of "high-dose" vitamin D, meaning up to 1000, even 2000 units per day. \nI regard this as high-dose---for an infant. \nJudging by my experiences, now numbering well over 1000 patients over three years time, I'd regard this dose range not as "high dose," nor moderate dose, perhaps not even low dose. I'd regard it as barely adequate.
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D-vitamiinipuute yhteydessä sydän- ja verisuonitaudin aiheuttamiin kuolemiin ... - 0 views

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    Alhainen veren D-vitamiinitaso liittyy sydän- ja verisuonitaudin aiheuttamiin kuolemiin, kirjoittaa Archives of Internal Medicine-lehti. Uudet tutkimustulokset ovat vakuuttaneet lääkärit siitä, että 50-60 prosenttia pohjoisamerikkalaisista ja koko maapallon vanhuksista kärsii D-vitamiinipuutoksesta. Tutkimuksen taustatieto antaa viitteitä siitä, että myös nuorempien ikäluokkien D-vitamiinin saanti on liian vähäistä. D-vitamiinin "varastomuotoa", 25-hydroksivitamiinia esiintyi tutkittavien veressa 20-30 nanogrammaa vähemmän millilitrassa. D-vitamiinilla on laajat vaikutukset terveyteen. D-vitamiinipuutos voi johtaa muun muassa kaatumisiin, luiden murtumiin, syöpään, munuaisen toimintahäiriöihin, sydän- ja verisuonitauteihin sekä kohonneeseen verenpaineeseen.
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