Both Easy and Beneficial to Raise Vitamin D Levels
It’s a world-wide epidemic: low vitamin D levels. 14 in every 100 people around the world has poor vitamin D levels. (1) One study reports that it affects 1 billion of us worldwide. (2) Low vitamin D status is linked to a wide range of diseases. Bettering vitamin D levels is beneficial and easy…if vitamin D supplementation is taken. Apple Country Chiropractic encourages our Williamson chiropractic patients to check and improve as necessary their vitamin D levels. Apple Country Chiropractic is sure that positive health benefits will result from this effort.
DISEASES LINKED TO LOW VITAMIN D LEVELS
A widespread vitamin D deficiency is correlated with many diseases. The incidence of cancers like breast, colorectal, kidney, lung, and pancreatic 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 too. (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-related to vitamin D status and bone mineral density. (3) It responds well to vitamin D3 supplementation. Checking the occurrence of osteopenia/osteoporosis in these patients is the test as to the effectiveness of the treatment. (4) Apple Country Chiropractic notes that this is interesting as these two conditions are also known to be affected by vitamin D status as well. Williamson chiropractic care at Apple Country Chiropractic benefits Williamson chiropractic patients with these conditions.
BENEFITS OF RAISING VITAMIN D LEVELS
Supplementing those who take antidepressants with vitamin D is shown to improve the antidepressive effect. Researchers propose that vitamin D may be beneficial for other such conditions beyond just depression like schizophrenia, cognitive disturbances, attention deficit disorder, and autism. (1) Giving a daily level dose of vitamin D (1000 units/kg I.P.) to post-surgical back patients for 3 weeks straight lessens symptoms of neuropathic pain. (5) Apple Country Chiropractic sees how these benefits are worth the effort our Williamson chiropractic patients would take on to elevate low vitamin D levels.
HOW TO RAISE VITAMIN D LEVELS
A study of healthy young women revealed that taking calcium plus vitamin D (1500 IU) by those with less than 20ng/L or 800 IU of vitamin D by those with levels of greater than 20 ng/L. Both witnessed their vitamin D levels increase. The rise was witnessed as early as the first month of the study for those taking calcium plus vitamin D. A thought-provoking side finding in this study: It’s hard to get people to do what is recommended! Only 67 of the 106 study women took the recommended supplements for the three months of the study! (6)
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Schedule your Williamson chiropractic appointment today to contribute locally to decreasing the worldwide epidemic of vitamin D deficiency. Your health status will benefit! Apple Country Chiropractic looks forward to seeing you!
