Both Easy and Beneficial to Raise Vitamin D Levels
It is a world-wide epidemic: low vitamin D levels. 14 in every 100 people around the world has poor vitamin D levels. (1) One published report states that it affects 1 billion of us worldwide. (2) Low vitamin D status is linked to a wide range of diseases. Improving vitamin D levels is beneficial and easy…if vitamin D supplementation is taken. Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office encourages our Groton chiropractic patients to know and improve as necessary their vitamin D levels. Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office is sure that positive health benefits will result from this effort.
DISEASES RELATED TO LOW VITAMIN D LEVELS
A rampant vitamin D deficiency is correlated with many diseases. The incidence of cancers like lung, pancreatic, colorectal, kidney, breast is associated with low vitamin D levels. Diabetes, rickets, rheumatic arthritis, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer diseases, benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, osteomalacia, osteoporosis, and fractures in adults are as well. (1, 2, 3) Vitamin D plays a key role in calcium homeostasis, skeletal metabolism, and the function of immune, cardiovascular and reproductive systems. (2) Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo is also research-connected to vitamin D status and bone mineral density. (3) Vitamin D3 supplementation is effective in its care. Testing for the occurrence of osteopenia/osteoporosis in these patients is the test as to the effectiveness of the treatment. (4) Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office notes that this is interesting as these two conditions are also known to be influenced by vitamin D status as well. Groton chiropractic care at Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office benefits Groton chiropractic patients with these conditions.
BENEFITS OF RAISING VITAMIN D LEVELS
Supplementing those who take antidepressants with vitamin D is documented to improve the antidepressive effect. Researchers suggest that vitamin D may be beneficial for other such conditions beyond just depression like schizophrenia, cognitive disturbances, attention deficit disorder, and autism. (1) Providing a daily same dose of vitamin D (1000 units/kg I.P.) to post-surgical back patients on day one through day 21 eases symptoms of neuropathic pain. (5) Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office sees how these benefits are worth the work our Groton chiropractic patients would take on to raise low vitamin D levels.
HOW TO RAISE VITAMIN D LEVELS
A study of healthy young women revealed that consuming calcium plus vitamin D (1500 IU) by those with less than 20ng/L or 800 IU of vitamin D by patients with levels of greater than 20 ng/L. Both saw their vitamin D levels raise. The rise was witnessed as early as the first month of the study for those taking calcium plus vitamin D. A thought-provoking side observation in this study: It is difficult to get people to do what is recommended! Only 67 of the 106 study participants did what they were to do for the three months of the study! (6)
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Schedule your Groton chiropractic appointment today to contribute locally to reducing the worldwide epidemic of vitamin D deficiency. Your health status will benefit! Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office looks forward to your visit!
