I had the honor of being interviewed recently by Jim Bohannan on Westwood One Radio. The show was broadcast in 500 cities and I took questions from all over the United States. A lot of the listeners had great questions. With permission I am streaming the audio here for all my readers to listen to. Let me know if you have questions or comments!
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New information presented several months ago at the 73rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology, found that patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) (Ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn’s disease (CD)) are at a higher risk of developing vitamin D deficiencies.
Researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin studied disease activity and quality of life, as well as IBD-related hospitalizations, surgeries and medication use.
If you are in chronic pain, including back pain, please check your Vitamin D level now!
Michael Turner M. D. from the Mayo Clinic issued a news release this past Friday based on research he had done several months ago. That study indicated a correlation between inadequate vitamin D levels and the amount of narcotic medications taken by patients with chronic pain. This research found that patients with chronic pain who had inadequate vitamin D levels were requiring twice as much of narcotic pain medication compared with patients who had normal levels of vitamin D. In addition, patients with low vitamin D in that study also reported worse overall health perception and worse physical function.
The study looked retrospectively at 267 patients admitted to the Mayo Clinic pain center.
In this study they considered patients below 20 ng per milliliter to have inadequate amount of vitamin D. As my readers know, from my book, I as well as most vitamin D researchers now consider 30 ng/ml to be the minimum amount we need. I wonder if the results of this study would have even been stronger if they had used 30 ng/ml as their normal.
Dr. Turner is planning prospective trials to look at the effects of vitamin D supplementation on pain outcomes, in patients with chronic pain. Dr. Turner is recommending to doctors who take care of chronic pain patients to be sure to test their patient’s vitamin D levels.
Dr. Turner has stated in an interview "“Many patients who have been labeled with fibromyalgia are, in fact, suffering from symptomatic vitamin-D inadequacy. Vigilance is especially required when risk factors are present, such as obesity, darker pigmented skin, or limited exposure to sunlight.” I am delighted to see him saying this as is exactly mirrors what I have discussed in the Vitamin D Revolution.
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At the recent American Heart Association’s annual conference on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention, a study was presented showing that low levels of vitamin D are associated with an increased risk for high blood sugar, high blood pressure, and metabolic syndrome in teenagers. Metabolic syndrome is a combination of risk factors including high blood pressure, elevated triglycerides, low levels of HDL cholesterol, elevated total cholesterol, high fasting blood glucose levels, and increased waist circumference.
Jared Reis, Ph.D the study’s lead author said in an interview "We showed strong associations between low levels of vitamin D and higher risk of high blood pressure, hyperglycemia and metabolic syndrome among adolescents, confirming the results of studies among adults"
3577 adolescents from ages 12 to 19 were evaluated in the study. After adjusting for body mass index, age, race, sex, socioeconomic status, and physical activities the scientists found that adolescents with the lowest level of vitamin D were
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