The American Academy of Pediatrics has doubled its advice on vitamin D intake by children and infants to 400 IU per day, on the basis of clinical evidence for the prevention of rickets and deficiency – and possible links with diabetes and cancer prevention.
People with Parkinson’s disease are more likely to be vitamin D deficient than healthy adults of the same age or patients with Alzheimer's disease, says a new study from the US.
A new report issued by the nation’s leading pediatricians states that children should be consuming double the usually recommended levels of vitamin D, as evidence of its protective health benefits continues to emerge.
Oral supplements of vitamin D may boost production of protective compounds in the skin, and may ultimate help prevent skin infections, according to a new study.
The US calcium osteoporosis health claim will include vitamin D and be simplified in a number of other ways from January 1, 2010, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Fortification of Cheddar cheese with vitamin D3 may be an effective means of raising vitamin D levels in the population, suggest new results from Canada.
Daily supplements of calcium and vitamin D, long linked to
improving bone health, may also reduce the risk of stress fractures
during exercise, scientists have reported.
Epidemiological studies supporting vitamin D and calcium for
protection against colorectal cancer may be biochemically and
biologically plausible, suggests new research.
Israeli flavours, fragrances and fine ingredients house Frutarom
has launched a soy, calcium carbonate and vitamin D blend targeting
10s of millions people globally with diminished bone health.
The UK government is advising pregnant and breastfeeding women to
boost their intake of vitamin D during the winter, and is
initiating a campaign to spread the word amongst health care
practitioners as well as consumers.
Doses of vitamin D3 of 2,000 International Units (IU) - the current
tolerable upper intake level (UL) in Europe and the US - are needed
to ensure blood levels of the vitamin amongst post-menopausal
African-American women, says a new...
Increasing levels of vitamin D could boost heart health, says a
large study from the US that also calls for studies to assess a
direct benefit of vitamin supplements.
Premenopausal women who consume higher amounts of calcium and
vitamin D may lower their risk of developing breast cancer by
almost 40 per cent, new research suggests.
Vitamin D deficiency is linked to an increased risk of cancer,
researchers have told attendees at the annual meeting of the
American Association for Cancer Research, with results from a
clinical trial hoped to show benefits of high-dose...
International agencies should reassess as a matter of high priority
dietary recommendations for vitamin D, experts have said, because
current advice is outdated and puts the public at risk of
deficiency.
Daily supplements of calcium and vitamin D, long linked to
improving bone health, may also reduce the risk of stress fractures
during exercise, scientists have reported.
Increasing the daily intake of vitamin D to 2000 International
Units could halve the risk of developing breast and colorectal
cancer, two studies have reported.
The tolerable upper intake level for oral vitamin D3 should be
increased five-fold, experts from the US-based Council for
Responsible Nutrition (CRN) has said after a review of the science.
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing
to simplify health claims for osteoporosis risk reduction for foods
and dietary supplements and to extend the scope from calcium to
include vitamin D as well.
Higher levels of vitamin D in the body may reduce the risk of
developing the neurological disease multiple sclerosis by as much
as 62 per cent, Harvard researchers report.
Boosting vitamin D levels amongst people with dark skin, a
population at greater risk of lower levels, could be an easy way to
reduce a number of cancers, say researchers from Harvard.
Children and adolescents with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are
at an increased risk of vitamin D deficiency and could benefit from
supplements to avoid the health problems associated with not
getting enough of the vitamin.
Supplements of the sunshine vitamin could cut the risk of
pancreatic cancer in half, says a study led by researchers at
Northwestern and Harvard universities.
Researchers from the University of Ulster and University College
Cork are to embark on a three-year project to investigate what
level of dietary vitamin D is needed to maintain good vitamin D
status in winter.
British kids of Asian origin are eight times more likely than their
white counterparts to be vitamin D deficient, says a new study that
is leading calls for vitamin D supplementation for this at-risk
group.
Increasing the vitamin D intake, from supplements, diet or sun
exposure, could cut the risk of falls in the elderly, says a cohort
study from the Netherlands.
Finland's recent introduction of mandatory fortification of certain
foods with vitamin D is boosting intake of the vitamin and offers
encouragement for other countries considering similar measures.
Over 70 per cent of seemingly healthy teenage girls may be vitamin
D deficient, says a British study, and are at increased risk of
osteoporosis and other health problems later in life.
Elderly men, a population that is often overlooked in bone health
studies, could also benefit from daily supplements of fortified
milk, says new research from Australia.
The second new source of natural vitamin K2 is announced on the US
market in as many weeks, as Blue California is becomes exclusive
distributor of Vitamin K2-All Trans.
PL Thomas (PLT) is introducing NattoPharma's soy-derived natural
vitamin K2 in the US, with which it hopes to generate awareness of
the vitamin amongst industry and consumers.
A high-dose vitamin D supplement inhibit pro-inflammatory and boost
anti-inflammatory molecules and could help people with heart
failure, says a German clinical trial.
Raising the RDA of vitamin D from 400 IU to 1500 IU could cut the
number of deaths from cancer by 30 per cent, say the US scientists
investigating the link between vitamin D levels and cancer risk.
Women who had more exposure to sun during puberty, or who have high
intakes of the vitamin as adults, are less likely to develop breast
cancer, say scientists at today's 97th Annual Meeting of the
American Association for Cancer...
High intake of calcium and vitamin D, particularly from
supplements, may lower the risk of diabetes by 33 per cent, say
American scientists, as a leading European clinician reports that
over a billion people are vitamin D deficient.
Daily supplements of vitamin D and calcium 'had no effect' on the
risk of colorectal cancer, according to a large-scale study from
the US. But an independent cancer expert says these claims should
be interpreted in the light...
Supplements and diet, and not sunlight, should be your source of
vitamin D, dermatology experts have concluded after reviewing
studies from both sides of the on-going debate.