Author:\u00a0 Elizabeth Baker<\/p>\n
Vitamin D is a common product to see within a health food supplement store.<\/p>\n
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Above image from Bluebonnet Nutrition.<\/p>\n
However, what effects does an increase or decrease in the intake of vitamin D have on health? Among the many existing studies, three have been chosen, with the study and their effects listed below.\u00a0 I will be going over these studies in a very broad brushstroke way.<\/p>\n
1)\u00a0 Arterial Stiffness<\/p>\n
A recent study found that reduced vitamin D levels “correlated with increased arterial stiffness” [1].\u00a0 If your blood vessels cannot relax and, well, go with the flow of blood, there is an increase in potential cardiovascular events.\u00a0 It is bad enough that reduced vitamin D levels had blood vessels which could be compared ” ‘to [those] with diabetes or hypertension’ “, according to Dr. Al Mehid, and author of the study [1].<\/p>\n
2) Macular Degeneration in Women<\/p>\n
The loss of vision in an adult can be caused my macular degeneration [2].\u00a0 However, high vitamin D levels may be able to reduce the development of macular degeneration at an early age [2].\u00a0 This only works for women under 75 years old:\u00a0 if all ages are included, there is “no significant association” [2].<\/p>\n
3) High Blood Pressure in African Americans<\/p>\n
The third study put forth a potential link between low vitamin D levels and hypertension [3]. The study compared African Americans to Caucasian people.\u00a0 African Americans were noted to have a higher incidence of hypertension compared to Caucasian people [3].\u00a0 At the same time, African Americans had lower levels of vitamin D than Caucasian people [3].\u00a0 Therefore, it was offered as an explanation that low vitamin D levels may cause an increase in hypertension [3].<\/p>\n
Do you want to find out more about vitamin D?\u00a0 While you can easily find more information in the literature and online, you can also come to Willner Chemists in Atlanta, GA.\u00a0 There are many varieties of vitamin D sold in the store, and knowledgeable people to help you decide which one would be best for you.<\/p>\n
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[1] Annual American College of Cardiology Meeting, April 2, 2011.<\/p>\n
[2] Arch Opthalmol<\/em>. 2011 Apr; 129(4): 481-9.<\/p>\n [3] J Gen Intern Med<\/em>. 2011 April 21.<\/p>\n Note:\u00a0 all three studies came from the July 2011 issue of “Life Extension” magazine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Author:\u00a0 Elizabeth Baker Vitamin D is a common product to see within a health food supplement store. Above image from Bluebonnet Nutrition. However, what effects does an increase or decrease in the intake of vitamin D have on health? Among the many existing studies, three have been chosen, with the study and their effects listed … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8531,1274],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peachvitamins.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peachvitamins.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peachvitamins.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peachvitamins.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peachvitamins.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/peachvitamins.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peachvitamins.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peachvitamins.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peachvitamins.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}