VITAMIN D LOWERS C-REACTIVE PROTEIN (CRP) - 0 views
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Matti Narkia on 25 Oct 09VITAMIN 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.