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This month, Life Extension magazine is a compilation of the results of recent studies that show that this vitamin (actually a hormone produced in the body from cholesterol) is strongly critical factor in preventing viral infections such as influenza and common cold, as well as disease-causing such as hepatitis and chronic baseline conditions such as atherosclerosis and inflammatory autoimmune diseases. Not enough vitamin D (D3 – the biologically active form) the levels are associated with age-related almost every known dysfunction. The purpose of this article for his voice to those who know (Life Extension Foundation work LEF), magazine or website, that this dietary supplement has more bang for the buck than almost any other.
Given that eat almost any healthy diet, the only element that is consistently poor health in the general population of most of the world is the level of 25-hydroxyvitamin D in the blood. The levels needed to optimize immune function and down-regulate inflammation natural tendency to increase with age have been established credibly by numerous studies to be> 50 ng / ml (nanograms per milliliter of blood), with some authorities suggesting that more benefits may be evident at levels above 70 ng / ml. The main reasons for this widespread deficiency are being largely spent the daylight hours inside, live too far north or south of Ecuador, and wear too. With age, the conversion of sunlight into vitamin D is becoming less efficient, compounding the problem for the elderly.
Scope Deficiency:
LEF offers the 25-OH vitamin D, as evidence of a laboratory service. We analyzed the results of the tests more than 13,000 members, spread over a period of 18 months to determine that 85% of the initial testing results showed less than 50 ng / ml optimal objective. In fact, 38% of members were below 30 ng / ml, a level now considered the critical point for normal immune function. Note that these are highly motivated towards the optimization and health are big vitamin / supplement makers, however, had sup-optimal levels of vitamin D in the population. Numerous recent studies for the public generally showed much lower values than these. And until recently, the medical community believes that deficient levels below 12 ng / ml, values that we now know that is very poor and dangerous to health in general. The "normal reference range" used by most laboratories is now increased to 30 – 100 ng / Ml.
"About 70 percent of the U.S. population had insufficient levels of vitamin D," said Adrian Gombart, principal investigator Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University. "This is a critical issue as we learn more about the multiple roles they can play in combating the disease, the balance of the immune response, helping to solve the autoimmune problems, and even prevention of heart disease. "peaks of vitamin D deficiency in late winter because of the prolonged absence of sunlight, and is much more severe in people with dark skin.
Competition with Vitamin A:
Other research results LEF is proof that preformed vitamin A (retinol) competes with vitamin D s function and may decrease its effectiveness. The age old rule of vitamin D during the winter has been a tablespoon of cod-liver oil (CLO). However, CLO comparing old and today shows that have higher levels of vitamin A (4000 to 10000 IU) and lower levels of vitamin D (400 to 1200 IU). This reason makes CLO less desirable as a source of vitamin D. Vitamin products with high levels of retinol section (very common today, an average of 4395 IU in a sample of popular products) may hinder the function of vitamin D, which leads to the same conditions as seen in the deficiency of vitamin D. This does not apply to beta-carotene, however. As a result of these findings, LEF is Reducing the amount of retinol in Life Extension Mix and enhanced content of vitamin D.
The scope of increasing vitamin D s power protection:
Weight A new study just made by researchers at Intermountain Medical Center in Utah, and presented at a meeting of the American Heart Association, followed by more than a year almost 28,000 patients aged 50 or older with no prior history of cardiovascular disease. We found that in the patients with very low levels of vitamin D – in comparison with those with normal levels – 77 percent were more likely to die, 45 per cent had more likely to develop coronary heart disease, and 78 percent were more likely to suffer a stroke.
Vitamin D is now considered one of the most important nutrients for overall health, with impacts on issues ranging from health to our immune system to prevent disease heart and even vulnerability to flu. But it is also one of the most likely to be deficient – especially in late winter, when the production of vitamin the sun "to a standstill for millions of people in the United States, Europe and other countries of the north (and south).
LEF is now telling its members to be taken 5000 to 10,000 IU per day to achieve optimal levels. The author has 5,000 IU per day for the past almost 3 years. This winter I have kicked up to 10,000 IU in an effort to approach the 70 ng / ml level on the basis of 25-OH vitamin D result of 54 ng / ml in late summer. My results have been spectacular in which I have not had an infection viral or bacterial infection, only 3 years. So I urge you to visit LEF (www.lef.org) and find the article in the January issue of 2010, reading and listening too. Should be published on the site on the 25th of this month.
Good Living – Frank
Frank Wilhelmi of http://www.seniorfitness.com chronicles strategies for staying healthy and fit into advanced age. He is an electronic engineer by trade, but his passion is teaching others to lead healthy, vibrant, pain-free, activity-filled lives.
