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Vitamin D
Current research
has implicated vitamin D deficiency as a major factor in
the pathology of at least 17 varieties of cancer as well as heart disease,
stroke, hypertension, autoimmune diseases, diabetes, depression, chronic pain,
osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, muscle weakness, muscle wasting, birth defects,
periodontal disease and more.
Vitamin
D is known to be responsible for day-to-day maintenance of calcium and mineral
homeostasis. Further, vitamin D is proven to support healthy bone
density, an important component of strong bones. Many researchers point to an
unrecognized epidemic of vitamin D deficiency among older Americans, suggesting
that of those 200,000+ persons who suffer hip fractures each year, many are
vitamin D deficient. Vitamin D is a potent
immune system modulator. Vitamin
D up-regulates is your ability to fight infections. It produces over
200 anti microbial peptides, the most important of which is cathelicidin, a
naturally occurring broad-spectrum antibiotic.
Want to live
longer? Try Vitamin D
Writing in
the journal Clinical Endocrinology, scientists from the Netherlands,
Austria, and the U.S. report that low blood levels of the sunshine vitamin are
associated with increased risk of all-cause mortality, and mortality from heart
disease, in the elderly. |
