Tag: Vitamin D
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The Role of Vitamin D in Allergy Development and Prevention
Vitamin D deficiency is common and often overlooked in allergy patients, impacting immune functions and potentially worsening allergies. It regulates immune responses and supports gut health. Natural sunlight exposure is key for boosting levels, along with proper supplementation. Regular blood tests are essential for monitoring levels and ensuring optimal health.
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Why Does Vitamin D work?
Asthma sufferers may benefit more from inhaling vitamin D than the steroids usually prescribed for the condition. And besides, aren’t we all concerned with side effects from steroids? A new study from the U.K. identifies a mechanism through which the vitamin can significantly reduce asthma symptoms and suggests it may offer a new method of treatment.
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Vitamin D isn’t just for Rickets anymore!
While on vacation in the Florida Keys, I was impressed with how quickly my legs and forehead turned from white to lobster red…ouch another sunburn! Surely there must be some benefit (and definitely beauty) for all this pain. Your answer awaits….it’s Vitamin D. Natural medicine and traditional medicine often don’t see “eye to eye”, but…
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Is There Anything Vitamin D Doesn’t Cause?
Vitamin D Deficiency Linked to Vocal Cord Dysfunction Vitamin D deficiency is associated with exercise-induced paradoxical vocal cord dysfunction (VCD) in young athletes, according to research presented here at the World Allergy Organization XXII World Allergy Conference (WAC). The study was conducted during the winter in a town above 45 degrees latitude.Exercise can be associated with…
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Provocative study!
Or at least as sexy as you can get for a vitamin. Of all the vitamins out there, vitamin D has the most PROVEN benefit for allergies & asthma. Remember the cod liver oil? Of course you don’t….you’re not that old! Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol. 2012;12(1):13-17. © 2012 The importance of vitamin D as an essential nutrient is…
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