Posted on 05/04/2014 6:17:42 PM PDT by blam
Chronic Pain Linked To Vitamin D Deficiency In Men
Tuesday 29 April 2014 - 8am PST
Medical News Today
Vitamin D deficiency has been linked to a number of health issues. And now, a new study to be presented at a conference run by the British Society for Rheumatology suggests that low levels of vitamin D in the body are linked to chronic widespread pain.
The researchers note that in the UK, chronic widespread pain is a major public health problem, affecting around 1 in 5 people, and it can be caused by rheumatic and neurological disorders.
Also, around 50% of UK adults have a vitamin D deficiency, a condition that has been linked to osteoporosis and increased preeclampsia risk in pregnant women, among other outcomes.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), vitamin D is found naturally in only a few foods, including fish-liver oils, fatty fishes, mushrooms, egg yolks and liver. In the US, however, vitamin D is commonly added to food products, including milk.
But one of the best ways to get vitamin D in the body is through sunlight, which is transported to the liver and converted to 25-hydroxyvitamin D.
A Recent National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey has shown that these levels have decreased in Americans by about 10% from the periods of 1988-1994 to 2001-2006.
Not only is vitamin D crucial for good bone health, but it may also help with muscle strength and protection against cancer and type 2 diabetes.
Could treating low levels of vitamin D prevent chronic pain?
For this latest study on how inadequate amounts of the vitamin affect the body, researchers from the University of Manchester in the UK used data on over 2,300 men in the European Male Ageing Study.
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There is a lot of poor writing and poor editing in many articles that appear on the internet.
I haven’t been sick since I began taking Vit D religiously in 2007. I just never did know how much to take - I consume 2000iu right now but don’t know if it is enough. I’m glad you are doing well!
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I think people who live in bad climates tend to over do it when the finally find themselves in the sun. I live in Phoenix and I see far worse sun damage when visiting back east than I do here. I am a friggin fanatic. I cover my legs with a towel when driving, wear spf religiously, cover my hands when driving etc.
I take iodine and the complimentary supplements every single day - after a Freeper, SpaceJunkie2001, told me about it. Thank God! I get my iodine from breastcancerchoices.org. I am also on the yahoo groups email list for Stephanie Bust, a protegee of Dr Brownstein, for iodine.
I tell everyone I know - unfortunately I think too many of them figure I don’t know what I’m talking about or are just not curious.
I wouldn’t know about any of this without Free Republic and I think the information I’ve learned here has made a HUGE difference in my health.
Thank you so much for bringing this up! We need to keep spreading the word. :-))))
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I had no idea my wife goes by the name “Vitamin D”?!
I don’t get it. My friend, who spends 1/2 year in St Louis and 1/2 year in Florida, ought to look like an old leather show and she doesn’t look bad at all. She would lay out in the sun when the heat would make me literally sick.
I guess my skin is in better shape but I’ve had 3 skin cancers. So weird!
What kind and how much iodine are you taking...my Naturapath made me stop taking it.
I meant shoe, not old leather show. :-)
Most chronic pain is from sitting and doing nothing. Old age hurts too.
I get it from breastcancerchoices.org. If you go to the yahoo group run by Stephanie Bust, who cured her thyroid cancer by following Dr. Brownsteins iodine protocol, you can find out detailed information about the complimentary supplements that you need to take to balance the iodine. There is also a ton of other information there.
Why did your naturopath say to stop taking it? The Japanese women have one of the lowest rates of breast cancer rates and they eat a ton of fish, and I read that their farmers will mulch the fields with seaweed which of course is very rich in iodine. So it makes a lot of sense to me that on our western diet we don’t get the iodine we need. You ought to check out www.breastcancerchoices.org. I don’t know if you’re male or female but lack of iodine is implicated in many problems for both sexes.
No kidding, my decades of sun-worship have caught up to me in a major way. Still love the sun, but avoid long exposure now like Dracula. Great fun living in the tropic and doing that.
Even transplanted ones with northern European genetic background?
It’s made a huge difference in my health as well. We also strive to avoid iodine competitors in daily life. Iodine has alleviated most of my PCOS symptoms. I was this >< close to a hysterectomy. Managed to avoid that so far.
And here we have a big part of the problem. The cholesterol-phobic avoid egg yolks and liver; many don't care for fatty fish or mushrooms; many adults drink little or no milk; and many avoid sunlight (either because they fear skin cancer, or because they are vampires). Many take fish oil tablets, but note that that's nearly the concentration of vitamin D as fish-liver oil. Do parents still give their kids codfish liver oil, or is that now considered child abuse?
Personally, I do eat "fatty" fish -- generally deep-water fish like tuna -- and egg yolks, and mushrooms, and I get plenty of sun (mostly by tooling around in my roadster, which involves no exercise, but at least I get my natural vitamin D). Even so, on my doc's advice, I take 3000 IUs a day.
Znc & Copper imbalance
http://www.drkaslow.com/html/zinc-copper_imbalances.htmli
Collagen Role in Body
http://www.oif.org/site/PageServer?pagename=BoneStruct
Your Bones: How You Can Prevent Osteoporosis and Have Strong Bones for Life - Naturally Dr Lara Pizzorno 2013
http://www.amazon.com/Your-Bones-Prevent-Osteoporosis-Naturally/dp/160766013X/ref=pd_rhf_cr_p_d_1
The Whole Body Approach to OP
R. Keith McCormick
http://www.amazon.com/The-Whole-Body-Approach-Osteoporosis-Harbinger/dp/1572245956/ref=sr_1_sc_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1398091246&sr=8-1-spell&keywords=The+Whole+Body+Approach+to+OP+R+Keith+McCormick%2C+DC
Osteoporosis formula culled from the above books. K2 is a dual body use vit, it is your clotting factor and stops calcium from calcifying in your arteries. As is Vit A.
Check with you doctor if you take blood thinners. It is best to do oil based vits only 6 days per week, as they can be OD’d.
*D 3 5,000 UI
*Coral Calcium 1,500 mg avoid ROCK form not absorbed well
*Magnesium Cheleated 800 mg Oxide bound is NOT well absorbed.
*K2 Super Life Extension k1-1.000mcg.k2 1,000 mcg, k3, 200 mcg
*Collagen 1,000 mcg Skin, hair, nails, bones
zinc 15 mg
copper 15 mg
Manganese 5 mg
Boron 5 mg
Biotin 100 mcg
C with biflavinoids 4,000 mg
2-4 Potassium Cheleated 550 mg Depending on diuretic is used
1 Phosphorous 600 mg
10 Billion multi strain Probiotics to rebuild the gut from antibiotic or medicine caused GERD/IBS damage.
Nutrition for Healthy Skin: Silica,
Niacin, Vitamin K2, and Probiotics
http://chriskresser.com/nutrition-for-healthy-skin-silica-niacin-vitamin-k2-and-probiotics
Thx...my Naturapath is a temporary one...”A she”...my regular one is out of country working in 3rd world country for a year (a he)...I think she just didn’t like me taking iodine...not sure why. Dr Wright of Tahoma Clinic originally had me taking it...Think I may go back to taking it...and i will check out your links.
oh! You go to Dr. Wright! I am trying to get my husband to go there. Were you happy with their care?
I’ve been taking iodine for at least 5 years as well as LOTS of other stuff. I do get a cold now and then (5 year old niece) but last year everyone in my team at work got the flu - all except me.
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