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Preventing vitamin D deficiency — References and further reading

References

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² Holick, M. 2007. Vitamin D deficiency. NEJM, 357 (3), 266–281. URL: http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/357/3/266 (accessed 09.03.2008).

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¹² Daniells, S. 08.25.2006. Vitamin D could cut falls in the elderly, suggests study. NutraIngredients.com. URL: http://nutraingredients.com/news/ng.asp?id=70103

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¹³ Flicker, L., et al. 2005. Should older people in residential care receive vitamin D to prevent falls? Results of a randomized trial. J. Am. Geriatrics Soc., 53 (11), 1881.

¹⁴ Andersen, R., et al. 2005.

¹⁵ Vieth, R. 1999. Vitamin D supplementation, 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations, and safety. Am. J. Clin. Nutr., 69 (5), 842–856. URL: http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/69/5/842 (accessed 09.03.2008).

  Heaney, R., et al. 2003.

¹⁶ Vieth, R. 1999.

  NUTRAingredients.com. 08.04.2005. Vitamin D bread raises bone mineral density in elderly. URL:http://nutraingredients.com/news/ng.asp?id=59285 (accessed 05.24.2006).

¹⁷ Norman, A. 2008. From vitamin D to hormone D: Fundamentals of the vitamin D endocrine essential for good health. Am.J. Clin. Nutr., 88 (2), 491S–499S. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18689389 (accessed 09.18.2008).

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¹⁸ NUTRAingredients.com. 08.04.2005. Vitamin D bread raises bone mineral density in elderly. URL: http://nutraingredients.com/news/ng.asp?id=59285 (accessed 05.24.2006).

¹⁹ Vasquez, A., & Stone, M. 2008. Vitamin D: How much is enough and how much is too much? IFM Fall Webinar Series.

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²¹ Steingrimsdottir, L., et al. 2005. Relationship between serum parathyroid hormone levels, vitamin D sufficiency, and calcium intake. JAMA, 294 (18), 2336–2341.

²² Bertone–Johnson, E., et al. 2005. Calcium and vitamin D intake and risk of incident premenstrual syndrome. Arch. Intern. Med., 165 (11), 1246–1252.

²³ Palomar, X., et al. 2008. Role of vitamin D in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Diabetes Obes. Metab., 10 (3), 185–197. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18269634 (accessed 09.15.2008).

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²⁴ Chiu, K., et al. 2004. Hypovitaminosis D is associated with insulin resistance and beta cell dysfunction. Am. J. Clin. Nutr., 79 (5), 820–825 URL: http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/79/5/820 (accessed 09.15.2008).

  Borissova, A., et al. 2003. The effect of vitamin D3 on insulin secretion and peripheral insulin sensitivity in type 2 diabetic patients. Int. J. Clin. Pract., 57 (4), 258–261. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12800453 (accessed 09.15.2008).

²⁵ Parikh, S. 2004. The relationship between obesity and serum 1,25-dihydroxy vitamin D concentrations in healthy adults. J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab., 89 (3), 1196–1199. URL: http://jcem.endojournals.org/cgi/content/full/89/3/1196 (accessed 05.26.2006).

²⁶ Gorham, E., et al. 2007. Optimal vitamin D status for colorectal cancer prevention: A quantitative meta analysis. Am. J. Prev. Med., 32 (3), 210–216. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17296473> (accessed 09.18.2008).

  Garland, et al. 2006. The role of vitamin D in cancer prevention. Am. J. Public Health, 96 (2), 252–261. URL: http://www.ajph.org/cgi/content/full/96/2/252 (accessed 05.27.2006).

  Giovannucci, E. 2005. The epidemiology of vitamin D and cancer incidence and mortality: A review (United States). Cancer Causes Control, 16 (2), 83–95. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15868450 (accessed 05.27.2006).

  Gorham, E., et al. 2005. Vitamin D and prevention of colorectal cancer. J. Steroid Biochem. & Molecular Biology, 97 (1–2), 179–194. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16236494 (accessed 05.27.2006).

²⁷ Vieth, R., et al. 2004. Randomized comparison of the effects of the vitamin D3 adequate intake versus 100 mcg (4000 IU) per day on biochemical responses and the wellbeing of patients. Nutrition J., 3 (1), 8. URL: http://www.nutritionj.com/content/3/1/8 (accessed 05.27.2006).

  Lansdowne, A., & Provost, S. 1998. Vitamin D3 enhances mood in healthy subjects during winter. Psychopharmacology (Berl.), 135 (4), 319–323. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9539254 (accessed 05.27.2006).

²⁸ Wolpowitz, D., & Gilchrest, B. 2006. The vitamin D questions: How much do you need and how should you get it? J. Am. Acad. Derm., 54 (2), 301–317. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16443061 (accessed 05.27.2006).

²⁹ Armas, L., et al. 2004. Vitamin D2 is much less effective than vitamin D3 in humans. J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab., 89 (11), 5387–5391. URL: http://jcem.endojournals.org/cgi/content/full/89/11/5387 (accessed 09.15.2008).

³⁰ Gorham, E., et al. 2005. Vitamin D and prevention of colorectal cancer. J. Steroid Biochem. Mol. Biol., 97 (1–2), 179–194. Article recommends “prompt public health action…to increase intake of vitamin D3 to 1000 IU/day.” URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16236494 (accessed 09.18.2008).

   In addition, Dr. E. Giovannucci, professor of nutrition and epidemiology at Harvard, in an article in Harvard Magazine (Sept.–Oct., 2005), states, “The average doctor will scare patients away from taking 2000 units a day, calling that toxic. Actually, it seems there is almost zero potential for vitamin D toxicity at that level.”

  See also:  05.23.2006: http://nutraingredients.com/news/ng.asp?id=59285
   “…The European Union’s Scientific Committee on Food recommends an upper safe level of 50 mcg (2000 IU) vitamin D, the same level recommended by the US Food and Nutrition Board.”

Additional references regarding vitamin D functions

European Commission, Health and Consumer Protection Directorate–General. 2002. Opinion of the Scientific Committee on Food on the Tolerable Upper Intake Level of Vitamin D. URL (PDF): http://ec.europa.eu/food/fs/sc/scf/out80_en.html (accessed 09.03.2008).

Holick, M. 2007. Vitamin D deficiency. NEJM, 357 (3), 266–281. URL: http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/357/3/266 (accessed 09.03.2008).

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