| Whats a Vitamin D Deficiency? (44 minutes) ROBERT P HEANEY MD Professor John A Creighton University Osteoporosis Research center, Omaha Nebraska |
| Connection of Vitamin D & Cancer (28 minutes) Donald L Trump M.D. Roswell Park Cancer Institute |
| Vitamin D and Diabetes-Can We Prevent it? (48 minutes) Frank Garland M.D. Department of Family and Preventive Medicine UC SD |
| Vitamin D and Cardiovascular Disease Prevention (46 minutes) David C. Sane MD. FACP Professor of Internal Medicine Wake Forest University Health Sciences |
| Skin Cancer-Sunscreen - the Dilemma (45 minutes) Edward Gorham M.P.H. Ph.D. Department of Preventive and Family Medicine. UC San Diego |
| Vitamin D and Cancer Prevention (40 minutes) Fredrick F Garland, Dr. PH. F.A.C.E. Professor of Preventive Medicine, Member UCSD Moore Cancer Center UC San Diego. |
| How Vitamin D Reduces Incidence of Cancer (16 minutes) Fredrick F Garland, Dr. PH. F.A.C.E. Professor of Preventive Medicine, Member UCSD Moore Cancer Center UC San Diego. |
| Vitamin D and Prevention of Chronic Diseases (59 minutes) Michael F. Holick Ph. D., M.D. Director, Vitamin D Skin and Bone Research Laboratory, Boston University, School of Medicine |
drkhan77@yahoo.com Vitamin D Deficiency
Vitamin D regulates over 2000 genes in the body. Research and epidemiological studies are implicating vitamin D deficiency in
numerous illnesses including cancer, heart disease, diabetes, chronic auto-immune diseases, mental illness, depression and autism.
Deficiency of vitamin D increases susceptibility to influenza, common colds tuberculosis and other infections.
Vitamin D deficiency is present in 95% of Asians and Blacks and 75% of Caucasians. Severe deficiency is common in Asians, people of
Middle Eastern ancestry, Mexicans and Africans especially when they immigrate to North America and Europe.
Our skin naturally produces vitamin D when exposed to summer midday sun. In fair skinned people half an hour of exposure to sun can
produce 20000 units of vitamin D. It takes 4 times longer for colored people to produce the same amount. Most people however have little
exposure and during winter almost everyone is deficient. Even fortified milk has very little vitamin D. You will need to drink 21 cups to get
2000 units.
It is easy to take one pill of 2000 units (50 micro grams) daily. For children less then 12, dose is 1000 units (25 micro grams). No
prescription is needed. It is safe to take up to 10000 units daily however 2000 units are usually enough.
Blood work to accurately check for vitamin D deficiency is serum 25(OH)D
Vitamin D regulates over 2000 genes in the body. Research and epidemiological studies are implicating vitamin D deficiency in
numerous illnesses including cancer, heart disease, diabetes, chronic auto-immune diseases, mental illness, depression and autism.
Deficiency of vitamin D increases susceptibility to influenza, common colds tuberculosis and other infections.
Vitamin D deficiency is present in 95% of Asians and Blacks and 75% of Caucasians. Severe deficiency is common in Asians, people of
Middle Eastern ancestry, Mexicans and Africans especially when they immigrate to North America and Europe.
Our skin naturally produces vitamin D when exposed to summer midday sun. In fair skinned people half an hour of exposure to sun can
produce 20000 units of vitamin D. It takes 4 times longer for colored people to produce the same amount. Most people however have little
exposure and during winter almost everyone is deficient. Even fortified milk has very little vitamin D. You will need to drink 21 cups to get
2000 units.
It is easy to take one pill of 2000 units (50 micro grams) daily. For children less then 12, dose is 1000 units (25 micro grams). No
prescription is needed. It is safe to take up to 10000 units daily however 2000 units are usually enough.
Blood work to accurately check for vitamin D deficiency is serum 25(OH)D
VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY VIDEO LECTURES AND LINKS TO INFORMATION
Vitamin D deficiency diseases are disasters waiting to happen
And prevention is as simple as taking a pill
