Dietary Management Of Vitamin D Deficiency

Vitamin d deficiency as a public health issue.

Dietary management of vitamin d deficiency. Vitamin d deficiency is more likely in obese people. Vitamin d 3 cholecalciferol and d 2 ergocalciferol. Proceedings of the nutrition society.

Vitamin d comes in two forms. Spanish study 0 1 year. Obesity often makes it necessary to take larger doses of vitamin d supplements in order to reach and maintain normal d levels.

In adults vitamin d deficiency is defined as a serum 25 hydroxyvitamin d level of less than 20 ng per ml 50 nmol per l and insufficiency is defined as a serum 25 hydroxyvitamin d level of 20. Vitamin d is a fat soluble vitamin that regulates calcium and phosphate homeostasis and is therefore vital for musculoskeletal health. In persons with vitamin d deficiency treatment may include oral ergocalciferol vitamin d2 at 50 000 iu per week for eight weeks.

All pregnant and breastfeeding women especially teenagers and young women are at risk of vitamin d deficiency. Am j clin nutr. Using vitamin d 2 or vitamin d 3 in future fortification strategies.

Deficiency of this vitamin can cause obesity. Kidney and liver diseases. While you might consider eating more foods that contain vitamin d and getting a little bit of sunlight you will likely be told to take vitamin d supplements.

The goals of treatment and prevention are the same to reach and then maintain an adequate level of vitamin d in the body. Also read 80 covid 19 patients had vitamin d deficiency men had lower levels than women. After vitamin d levels normalize experts recommend maintenance dosages of cholecalciferol vitamin d3 at 800 to 1 000 iu per day from dietary and supplemental sources.