Healthy Living Guide... Health Food Recipes... » bronchitis http://www.health-guide-recipes.com/blog Tue, 10 Aug 2010 01:31:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 What is the importance of Vitamin D? http://www.health-guide-recipes.com/blog/2010/03/03/what-is-the-importance-of-vitamin-d/ http://www.health-guide-recipes.com/blog/2010/03/03/what-is-the-importance-of-vitamin-d/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:34:59 +0000 Sandra http://www.health-guide-recipes.com/blog/?p=92
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    Vitamin D is used for preventing and treating rickets, a disease that is caused by not having enough vitamin D (vitamin D deficiency). Vitamin D is also used for treating weak bones (osteoporosis), bone pain (osteomalacia), bone loss in people with a condition called hyperparathyroidism, and an inherited disease (osteogenesis imperfecta) in which the bones are especially brittle and easily broken. It is also used for preventing falls and fractures in people at risk for osteoporosis, and preventing low calcium and bone loss (renal osteodystrophy) in people with kidney failure.

    Vitamin D is used for conditions of the heart and blood vessels, including high blood pressure and high cholesterol. It is also used for diabetes, obesity, muscle weakness, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, bronchitis, premenstrual syndrome (PMS), and tooth and gum disease.

    Some people use vitamin D for skin conditions including vitiligo, scleroderma, psoriasis, actinic keratosis, and lupus vulgaris.

    It is also used for boosting the immune system, preventing autoimmune diseases, and preventing cancer.

    Because vitamin D is involved in regulating the levels of minerals such as phosphorous and calcium, it is used for conditions caused by low levels of phosphorous  and low levels of calcium

    Vitamin D in forms known as calcitriol  is applied directly to the skin for a particular type of psoriasis.

    If you travel to Canada, you may have noticed that Canada recognizes the importance of vitamin D in the prevention of osteoporosis. It allows this health claim for foods that contain calcium: “A healthy diet with adequate calcium and vitamin D, and regular physical activity, help to achieve strong bones and may reduce the risk of osteoporosis.” But the US version of this osteoporosis health claim does not yet include vitamin D.

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