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"TAMPEREEN YLIOPISTO TIEDOTTAA 15.12.2009 "D-vitamiini hidastaa vanhenemista ja lisää terveitä elinvuosia. D-vitamiinin riittävällä annostelulla voitaisiin saada 2-5 tervettä elinvuotta lisää. Suomessa, jossa D-vitamiinin vajaus talvella on yleistä, olisi syytä kokonaan uudelleen arvioida D-vitamiinin terveydelliset vaikutukset. Siitä voi olla hyötyä jopa kausi-influenssan torjunnassa, mutta suurimmat kansainterveydelliset vaikutukset saataisiin kroonisten vanhuuteen liittyvien sairauksien ehkäisyssä. Eri arvioiden mukaan D-vitamiinin riittävällä annostelulla voitaisiin saada 2-5 tervettä elinvuotta lisää", sanotaan yliopiston tiedotteessa. D-vitamiini näyttäisi suojaavan keskushermoston rappeutumissairauksilta. Viime vuosien aikana on saatu lisävalaistusta normaaliin elimistön vanhenemiseen, kun on selvinnyt, että vanhenemista jarruttavan hormonin (FGF-23) vaikutus perustuu D-vitamiiniin. Sekä koe-eläimillä että ihmisillä on todettu, että FGF-23 jarruttaa D-vitamiinin hormonaalisten muotojen tuottoa. Siten FGF-23:n toimintaa häiritsevät mutaatiot saavat aikaan D-vitamiinin yliaktiivisuuden ja nopeuttavat vanhenemista."

"D-vitamiini parantaa yli 65-vuotiaiden ihmisten elämänlaatua ja ehkäisee ennenaikaista sydänkuolemaa, ilmenee Amerikan geriatriyhdistyksen lehden julkaisemasta tutkimuksesta. Myös Suomen THL julkaisi vastikään raportin, jonka mukaan seerumin vähäinen D-vitamiinin pitoisuus liittyi sydäntauteihin ja -kuolemiin. Seerumin D-vitamiinin pitoisuus (25-0HD eli S-D-25), joka on pienempi kuin 25 nmol/l, liittyy suurentuneeseen sydäntautien ja kuoleman riskiin, kirjoittavat amerikkalaiset tutkijat. Heidän aineistonsa käsitti 3408 yli 65-vuotiasta miestä ja naista, joiden terveydentilaa seurattiin Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III) -tutkimuksessa. Keskimäärin 7,3 vuoden seuruun aikana kuoli 1493 (44 %) tutkituista. Vähän yli puolet (767) kuolemista johtui sydänkohtauksista

Aurinko, D-vitamiini ja sydäntaudit liittyvät toisiinsa. On väärin syyttää kolesterolia ja ruokavaliota sydän- ja verisuonitaudeista, sanoo englantilainen gastroenterologi David Grimes Machesterin yliopistosta. Hän on tutkinut yli 20 vuotta sydän- ja valtimotautien esiintymistä eri väestöissä, ja nyt hän on julkaissut aiheesta 642-sivuisen perusteellisen kirjan ´Vitamin D and Cholesterol´. Sen mukaan sepelvaltimotaudin pääasiallinen syy on auringonvalon ja D-vitamiinin puute, eikä suinkaan kolesteroli ja rasvainen ruoka. Tohtori Grimes sai kimmokkeen alkaa tutkia auringonvalon, veren D-vitamiinin ja sydäntautien yhteyksiä havaittuaan, että Englantiin muuttaneet aasialaiset sairastuivat sydäntauteihin sitä enemmän, mitä pohjoisemmaksi he asettuivat asumaan. Pohjoiseen muuttaneet aasialaiset sairastuivat useammin kuin Etelä-Englantiin muuttaneet, ruokavaliosta riippumatta. Grimes selvitti kuinka paljon aurinkoisia päiviä eri paikkakunnilla oli ja kuinka paljon asukkaat saivat aurinkoa, ja hän vertasi lukuja sairaustilastoihin. Yhteys oli selvä: Sydänpotilailla on "leveysastetauti" (latitude sickness). Lenkki on D-vitamiini, päätteli Grimes. Sen pääasiallinen lähdehän ihmiskunnalle on auringovalo; ruoasta saamme vain hyvin mitättömän pienen määrän päivittäin, 5-7 mikrogrammaa (µg). Tarve voi olla jopa 100 µg, minkä useimmat maahanmuuttajat olivat saaneet helposti päivittäin auringosta lähtömaissaan.

"Women from India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka with insulin resistance showed marked improvement after taking vitamin D supplements, says a study. Von Hurst, nutrition lecturer at the Institute of Food, Nutrition and Human Health at Albany, conducted the study for her doctoral thesis. Insulin resistance is largely symptom-free and sufferers are unaware of their condition. 'Once it has fully developed into type-2 diabetes, it can be treated, but not cured,' says Von Hurst. Von Hurst says that while diet and exercise play a major part in the onset of type-2 diabetes, her findings reinforce the importance of vitamin D from the sun and supplements to prevent type-2 diabetes. She also found evidence of vitamin D increasing bone strength in older women. "

"D-vitamiini on erittäin tärkeä ravintolisä raskaana oleville naisille, osoittaa uusi 5 miljoonan dollarin amerikkalaistutkimus. Sen mukaan nykyinen saantisuositus, 7,5 mikrogrammaa (µg) päivässä on aivan liian vähän odottaville naisille. Heidän tarpeensa on pikemminkin yli 100 mikrogrammaa päivässä, mikä vähentää puoleen ennenaikaisen synnytyksen ja infektioiden riskin. D-vitamiinilisä on erityisen tarpeen pohjoisilla alueilla kaukana päiväntasaajasta, kuten Suomessa, jossa aurinko ei anna D-vitamiinia lainkaan syys-huhtikuun välisenä aikana."

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"Tällä sivulla mainitut lääkkeet voivat estää auringon valon UVB-säteitä muodostamasta ihossa D-vitamiinia ja D-vitamiinin imeytymistä ravinnosta ja ravintolisistä. Lääkkeiden käyttäjän D-vitamiinin pitoisuus seerumissa (S-D-25) voi olla pienempi kuin mikä on terveyden kannalta ihanteellista (75-250 nmol/l). Suomalaisten S-D-25 on muutoinkin keskimäärin vain noin 40 nmol/l, elleivät he käytä D-vitamiinilisiä. Lääkkeen säännöllinen käyttö voi siten vaatia tavallistakin suurempaa D-vitamiinin saantia ravintolisän muodossa. Orlistaatti (kauppanimiä Alli ja Xenical, laihdutuslääkkeitä, estävät rasvojen ja rasvaliukoisten vitamiinien imeytymistä suolesta vereen), barbituraatit (unilääkkeet), karbamatsepiini (epilepsialääke), kolestyramiini, simetidiini (Tagamet), kolestipoli, kortikosteroidit (kortisonit), famotidiini (käytetään liikahappoisuuteen), fosfenytoiini (epilepsialääke), isoniatsidi (tuberkuloosilääke, nitsatidiini (mahahaavalääke), fenobarbitaali (epilepsia- ja unilääke), fenytoiini (epilepsialääke), ranitidiini (mahahaavalääke), rifampiini eli fluvastatiini ja valproaatti (epilepsialääke)."

Higher levels of vitamin D in the blood may help protect both men and women from cancers of the colon and rectum, confirm results of the largest study ever conducted on the topic.

"The following is a list of the Top 10 health breakthroughs of 2008. I know there are many other possible candidates for this Top 10 list. This is my version of the highlights that made 2008 special."

(VIDEO) Shedding light on the vitamin D deficiency 'crisis' By GrassRootsHealth.com Oct 11, 2009 - 4:49:39 PM San Diego, CA - Can vitamin D prevent 80% of the incidence of breast cancer? What is its affect on colon cancer and other major illnesses? These questions and more will be addressed when some of the most prominent vitamin D researchers in North America participate in the " Diagnosis & Treatment of Vitamin D Deficiency" seminar presented by GrassrootsHealth at the University of Toronto on Tuesday, November 3 from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. GrassrootsHealth is the founder of D*action, an international public health project whose goal is to solve the vitamin D deficiency epidemic. GrassrootsHealth and D*action work with over 30 scientists, institutions and individuals committed to educate, test, and study vitamin D levels worldwide. At the conference, a group of physicians and researchers in the vitamin D field will discuss vitamin D's role in the potential prevention of many diseases, including breast cancer, colon cancer, type 1 diabetes and multiple sclerosis, the ultimate reduction in the incidence of infectious diseases and the economic impact of such action

"ScienceDaily (Oct. 8, 2009) - Women with breast cancer should be given high doses of vitamin D because a majority of them are likely to have low levels of vitamin D, which could contribute to decreased bone mass and greater risk of fractures, according to scientists at the University of Rochester Medical Center." Scientists funded by the NCI analyzed vitamin D levels in each woman, and the average level was 27 nanograms per milliliter; more than two-thirds of the women had vitamin deficiency. Weekly supplementation with high doses of vitamin D -- 50,000 international units or more -- improved the levels, according to Peppone's study. The U.S. Institute of Medicine suggests that blood levels nearing 32 nanograms per milliliter are adequate.

"Vitamin D may be more important to colon cancer prevention than previously believed, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (Vol. 290, No. 22: 2959-2967). The study examined people with no symptoms of colon cancer to determine what role diet, exercise, smoking, and other behaviors played in the development or not of colon polyps, small growths in the colon that can turn into cancer if they aren't removed."

"In a prospective study involving 6,937 men and women, higher levels of vitamin D were associated with a significantly lower risk of lung cancer in women and younger participants. During a maximum follow-up of 24 years, 122 cases of lung cancer were identified. After adjusting for potential confounders, higher serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels were associated with reduced risk of lung cancer risk in women (84% reduced risk) and younger participants (66% reduced risk). No association was observed between vitamin D status and lung cancer risk in men and older participants. "

"This is an announcement to alert readers to a crucial email I received from a physician who has evidence vitamin D is protective against H1N1. I ask you, the reader, to contact your representatives in Washington to help protect Americans, especially children, from H1N1 before winter comes."

"DALLAS, Jan. 8 - The same vitamin D deficiency that can result in weak bones now has been associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, Framingham Heart Study researchers report in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. "Vitamin D deficiency is associated with increased cardiovascular risk, above and beyond established cardiovascular risk factors," said Thomas J. Wang, M.D., assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Mass. "The higher risk associated with vitamin D deficiency was particularly evident among individuals with high blood pressure." In a study of 1,739 offspring from Framingham Heart Study participants (average age 59, all Caucasian), researchers found that those with blood levels of vitamin D below15 nanograms per milliliter (ng/mL) had twice the risk of a cardiovascular event such as a heart attack, heart failure or stroke in the next five years compared to those with higher levels of vitamin D."

"* Low levels of vitamin D were associated with increased risk of high blood pressure, high blood sugar and metabolic syndrome in teenagers. * The highest levels of vitamin D were found in whites, the lowest levels in blacks and intermediate levels in Mexican-Americans. PALM HARBOR, Fla., March 11, 2009 - Low levels of vitamin D were associated with an increased risk of high blood pressure, high blood sugar and metabolic syndrome in teenagers, researchers reported at the American Heart Association's 49th Annual Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention."

"This website is about Vitamin D and MS Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic disease of the central nervous system (CNS), with an uncertain cause. Colleen Hayes and Donald Achaeson have suggested that insufficient sunlight exposure and chronic viral infections might be unrelated environmental risk factors for MS. These risk factors may act synergistically to enable the pathogenic autoimmune response. The prevalence of MS is highest where environmental supplies of vitamin D are lowest. Sunshine enables the production of vitamin D3 (VD3) in the skin. Epidemiological studies have shown that higher vitamin D blood levels are associated with lower risk, less relapses and a slower progression of multiple sclerosis. Higher vitamin D levels can be achieved in part by increased oral intake of VD3. Optimal health requires serum 25 hydroxyvitamin D levels higher than 20 ng/ml (50 nmol/L) P Lips, 40 ng/ml (100 nmol/L) P Heaney or at least 40 ng/ml (100 nmol/L) R Vieth. "

"June 29, 2009 | Shelley Wood Boston, MA - A massive, National Institutes of Health-sponsored study looking at whether vitamin-D and/or omega-3 fatty-acid supplementation can reduce the risk of developing heart disease, stroke, or cancer will get under way in January 2010, according to a website for the study. Drs JoAnn Manson and Julie Buring (Harvard Medical School/ Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA) will head up the Vitamin D and Omega-3 Trial (VITAL). The study is aiming to enroll 20 000 men and women, one-quarter of whom will be black. According to a Brigham and Women's Hospital press release, the study is intentionally aiming to illuminate a potential racial and ethnic disparity hypothesized to be linked to vitamin D [1]. "African Americans have a higher risk of vitamin-D deficiency as well as a greater frequency of diabetes, hypertension, and certain types of cancer," a press release notes. For VITAL, women need to be over age 65 to enter the study; men need to be over age 60. Study participants will be randomized to one of four groups: daily vitamin D (2000 IU) and fish oil (1 g); daily vitamin D and fish-oil placebo; daily vitamin-D placebo and fish oil; or daily vitamin-D placebo and fish-oil placebo. The trial will run for five years and is expected to cost US $20 million."

"March 18, 2009 | Marlene Busko Palm Harbor, FL - In a large study of adolescents, low serum levels of 25-dihydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D) strongly predicted prevalence of hypertension, hyperglycemia, and metabolic syndrome [1]. The findings were reported at the AHA 49th Annual Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention. Adolescents with vitamin-D levels in the lowest quartile were almost four times more likely to have metabolic syndrome than those with vitamin-D levels in the highest quartile. "I think that is quite alarming," lead author Dr Jared P Reis (Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD) said in an AHA podcast issued to the media."