About Vitamin-d

About Vitamin D

Vitamins are micronutrients that are essential for the healthy functioning of human bodies.
Vitamin D is a unique vitamin that is available through an environmental source – sunlight, When the UV rays (UVB) from the sunlight fall on our skin, Vitamin D is produced in the skin and is then absorbed in the blood.

Why Is Vitamin D Important for health?

Vitamin D is one of many vitamins our bodies need to stay healthy. This vitamin has many functions, including:

Prevent bone fractures.
Protect against heart disease, including high blood pressure and heart failure.
Improve your mood.
Reduce your risk for multiple sclerosis.
Prevent falls in older people and osteoporosis.
Support health pregnancy.
Improve your lung function.
Reduce the risk of diabetes, especially in young people and in those living in high altitude.
Reduce the risk of cancer, especially colon cancer, prostate cancer, and breast cancer.
Boost the immune system.

If You Don't Get Enough Vitamin D

Your bones can become weak and can break.
Children can get "rickets," a disease that prevents their bones from growing properly, delays their growth, and causes problems with their immune system.
Adults can develop "osteomalacia," a disease that weakens the bones and makes them hurt, and also causes fractures.
Older adults can get osteoporosis, which doesn't cause pain, but makes the bones thin and easy to fracture.

Vitamin D deficiency while pregnancy

Increase risk of pre-eclampsia.
Impaired maternal skeletal.
Primary Caesarean section.
Gestational diabetes.
Influenza-like illness during pregnancy.
Risk of diabetes.
Poor skeletal & impaired brain development of the fetus.

Pregnant women

To ensure adequate vitamin D levels in pregnant women, The Endocrine Society recommends a daily supplementation with at least 1,000-2,000 IU vitamin D, along with prenatal vitamin containing 400 IU vitamin D.

Lactating women

To satisfy the requirements of an infant who is fed only breast milk, The Endocrine Society recommends 1,500-2,000 IU/day for the mother, they may need 4,000–6,000 IU/day if they choose not to give the infant a vitamin D supplement.

Adults with Vitamin D Deficiency

To treat vitamin D deficiency in adults, The Endocrine Society recommends a weekly supplementation with 50,000 IU for 8 weeks, to achieve a blood level of 25(OH)D above 30 ng/ml (75 nmol/L), followed by maintenance therapy of 1,500–2,000 IU/day.

Adults at high risk of Vitamin D Deficiency

To ensure adequate vitamin D levels in adults at high risk of Vitamin D Deficiency, The Endocrine Society recommends a daily supplementation with 1,500–2,000 IU/day, thus preventing vitamin D deficiency.

What Is Vitamin D Deficiency?

As the name goes, a lower level of Vitamin D in the body is termed as Vitamin D deficiency. Then what is Vitamin D insufficiency? Well, it’s the blood level of Vitamin D measured in the form of serum 25-hydroxy-Vitamin D (calcidiol) that determines it.

Where do I get Vitamin D?

Vitamin D comes from two main resources: direct sunshine and select foods.
When the sun is strong, many people are advised to stay out of direct sunlight without sunblock. Sunblock keeps your skin safe from harmful UV rays, but it also blocks your body’s ability to produce vitamin D (an SPF of 8 has been reported to reduce production of vitamin D by 95%).

How much vitamin D do you need?

The answer depends on several factors, including your age and where you live.
To get enough vitamin D from the sun or food alone is difficult. For example, you will need to eat at least a carton of eggs just to get your minimum daily intake. That’s a lot of eggs! This is why supplements are a welcomed option.

Life Stage Group	Daily Requirement	Daily Upper Limit
9 – 18 years	600 – 1,000 IU	4,000 IU
Adults	1,500– 2,000 IU	10,000 IU
Pregnancy / Lactation	1,500– 2,000 IU	10,000 IU

Mother’s requirement, 4,000–6,000 IU/d (mother’s intake for infant’s requirement if infant is not receiving 400 IU/d).

*Endocrine Society Guideline

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