Get In 2 Vitamin D

Welcome To Get Into Vitamin D! We hope that you find the information you are looking for!Here's a great article describing the association of low blood vitamin D levels and asthma in equatorial children. The study found a significant association between low vitamin D and asthma, as well as hospitalization for asthma, inflammatory markers and airway responsiveness. The limitations of the study are that it is just a description - there were no comparison children, and no "intervention" was done. One of the key things about this review, however, for everyone wondering WHY someone doesn't go ahead and study the problem more thoroughly (or treat these children with vitamin D!), is this edotorial explanation addressing just that issue: "In an accompanying editorial, Graham Devereux, MD, from the University of Aberdeen in Aberdeen, United Kingdom, and colleagues discuss the difficult scientific, ethical, and regulatory issues involved in intervention studies of vitamin D in the primary prevention and treatment of asthma." "'Studies that supplement with the currently recommended doses of vitamin D, while unlikely to raise ethical or regulatory concerns, would fail to address the scientific evidence that larger vitamin D intakes (e.g., 2,000 IU/d) may be required for beneficial nonskeletal effects,' the editorialists write. 'While these concerns may be satisfactorily addressed, it remains to be seen whether pregnant women, parents, or patients will be similarly convinced and participate in such studies. Ultimately, it is only by investigating the effects of vitamin D in doses at, and above those currently recommended, that decisions can be made on the optimal intake of vitamin D for health and the possible prevention and treatment of asthma.'" Interesting, huh?