vitamin d

Hi everyone, Following routine blood tests, it turns out that I’m extremely anaemic and deficient in vitamin D and B12. I’ve got iron tablets on prescription and been told to buy over the counter vitamin D, 2000 mg. My GP is refusing to treat the B12 deficiency, against NHS guidelines. I eat a...

An epidemiological study conducted by researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Seoul National University suggests that persons deficient in vitamin D may be at much greater risk of developing diabetes. The findings are reported in the April 19, 2018 online issue...

Have vitamin D insufficiency and am trying some supplements to up my optimal level. Wanting information on this, decided to buy a book on this topic and found there were ones on vitamin 3D. So now thinking, which book is going to better explain this vitamin D insufficiency and what steps to...

hi there, Am having some problems with extreme tiredness and lack of energy. Had a blood Test and it came back that I had insufficient vitamin D:- 37.07 nmol/L. Range:- 50nmol/L-200nmol/L. It was also suggested on another forum that my B12:-244pmol/L. Range:-140pmol/L-724pmol/L...

It is well known that a diet high in fat can trigger a metabolic syndrome, a group of symptoms that pose as risk factors for diabetes and heart disease. Scientists have now discovered that vitamin D deficiency is necessary for this syndrome to progress in mice, with underlying disturbances in...

I've just been down for my diabetic screening, and checking up on bloods I had done last week. I'd suggested the doc do Vitamin tests because of the pancreatitis. So all is normal apart from a Vit D test showing a level of 20ng/l. I think the normal minimum is 100 more than that. No wonder it...

Everyone should consider taking vitamin D supplements in autumn and winter, public health advice in England and Wales says. It comes as a government commissioned report sets the recommended levels at 10 micrograms of the vitamin a day. But officials are concerned this may not be achievable...

ORLANDO, Florida — Diabetic retinopathy may be yet another ill effect associated with vitamin D deficiency, a new meta-analysis and systematic review suggests. The findings were presented May 27, 2016 here at theAmerican Association of Clinical Endocrinologists 2016 Annual Meeting by Anawin...

EXCLUSIVE Prescriptions for vitamin D have risen 40% over the past four years in England, leading some experts to warn that testing and treatment is ‘out of control’, a Pulse investigation has revealed. The rise has happened since the Government’s chief advisor sent out a warning that one in...

Hi. Sorry this isn't diabetes related but wondered if you helpful lot have come across anything similar. I have had a lot of stomach upsets and nausea since Christmas and put this down to the usual winter bugs. Went to the gp last week to ask for a general mot lot of blood tests to see if they...

In patients with prediabetes or diet-treated type 2 diabetes, an 8-week regimen of high-dose vitamin D does not appear to confer any significant benefits to beta-cell function, insulin sensitivity or glycemic control, according to recent findings. Henrik Wagner, a PhD student at Karolinska...