Both Easy and Beneficial to Raise Vitamin D Levels
Vitamin D deficiency is a worldwide epidemic.. 14% of the world population has poor vitamin D levels. (1) One published report states that it affects 1 billion of us worldwide. (2) Low vitamin D status is linked to a wide range of diseases. Improving vitamin D levels is beneficial and easy…if vitamin D supplementation is taken. Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation encourages our Carrolltown chiropractic patients to know and improve as necessary their vitamin D levels. Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation is confident that positive health benefits will result from this effort.
DISEASES RELATED TO LOW VITAMIN D LEVELS
A rampant vitamin D deficiency is correlated with many diseases. The incidence of cancers like lung, pancreatic, colorectal, kidney, breast is associated with low vitamin D levels. Diabetes, rickets, rheumatic arthritis, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer diseases, benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, osteomalacia, osteoporosis, and fractures in adults are too. (1, 2, 3) Vitamin D plays a key role in calcium homeostasis, skeletal metabolism, and the function of immune, cardiovascular and reproductive systems. (2) Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo is also research-related to vitamin D status and bone mineral density. (3) Vitamin D3 supplementation is effective in its care. Testing for the occurrence of osteopenia/osteoporosis in these patients is the test as to the effectiveness of the treatment. (4) Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation notes that this is interesting as these two conditions are also identified as being influenced by vitamin D status too. Carrolltown chiropractic care at Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation benefits Carrolltown chiropractic patients with these conditions.
BENEFITS OF RAISING VITAMIN D LEVELS
Supplementing those who take antidepressants with vitamin D is shown to improve the antidepressive effect. Researchers propose that vitamin D may be beneficial for other such conditions beyond just depression like schizophrenia, cognitive disturbances, attention deficit disorder, and autism. (1) Giving a daily same dose of vitamin D (1000 units/kg I.P.) to post-surgical back patients for 3 weeks straight lessens symptoms of neuropathic pain. (5) Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation sees how these benefits are worth the effort our Carrolltown chiropractic patients would take on to elevate low vitamin D levels.
HOW TO RAISE VITAMIN D LEVELS
A study of healthy young women showed that consuming calcium plus vitamin D (1500 IU) by those with less than 20ng/L or 800 IU of vitamin D by those with levels of greater than 20 ng/L. Both witnessed their vitamin D levels increase. The rise was seen in the first month of the study for those taking calcium plus vitamin D. An interesting side finding in this study: It’s hard to get people to do what is recommended! Only 67 of the 106 study women took the recommended supplements for the three months of the study! (6)
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Schedule your Carrolltown chiropractic appointment today to contribute locally to decreasing the worldwide epidemic of vitamin D deficiency. Your health status will benefit! Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation looks forward to seeing you!
