Vitamin D
Just a few days ago, the Journal of Nutrition published an article entitled: "Vitamin D Intake Needed to Maintain Target Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Concentrations in Participants with Low Sun Exposure and Dark Skin Pigmentation Is Substantially Higher Than Current Recommendations". Yet another example of something you have been hearing from VitaMist for well over a year now, ever since we introduced our Vitamin D Spray!
This new study suggested that intakes for people with darker skins should be increased dramatically from the current "adequate intake value" which is set at 200 IU.
This is just the latest in a series of studies calling for increases in the recommended levels for vitamin D, and we have discussed these many times on the Product Focus segments of our Saturday Open Forum Call and also on our Medical Advisory Board Call, which is held once each month.
This latest interest in vitamin D has been fueled by increasing concerns over the health implications of living with insufficient and deficient
vitamin D levels. A recent study from China reported that 94 per cent of people aged between 50 and 70 enrolled in the study were vitamin D deficient or insufficient, which may increase their risk of metabolic syndrome. It is now believed that, in adults, vitamin D
deficiency may cause or exacerbate osteopenia, osteoporosis, muscle weakness, fractures, common cancers, autoimmune diseases, infectious diseases and cardiovascular diseases. There is also some evidence that the vitamin may reduce the incidence of several types of cancer and type-1 diabetes.
