Results 11 to 20 of about 15,856,521 (385)

Vitamin D – The Vitamin Hormone

open access: yesSouth African Family Practice, 2016
Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin that plays an important role in bone metabolism and seems to have some anti-inflammatory and immune-modulating properties. For most people sunlight is the most important source of vitamin D.
George L. Muntingh
doaj   +3 more sources

Rediscovering vitamin D [PDF]

open access: yesLibyan Journal of Medicine, 2010
Over the past 2 years there has been a radical change in standard clinical practice with respect to vitamin D. As a result of a growing body of knowledgeable physicians are assessing the vitamin D nutritional status of their patients and prescribing ...
Nasr Anaizi
doaj   +5 more sources

Vitamin D [PDF]

open access: yesAAOHN Journal, 2011
Evidence is increasing that vitamin D insufficiency is widespread in the general population and that vitamin D plays a key role in bone health and the prevention of chronic health conditions. Nutrition education and risk awareness can be effective in reducing musculoskeletal injuries.
Patsy M, Brannon, James C, Fleet
openaire   +5 more sources

Low Iodine Status in a Large Pregnancy Cohort in Ireland

open access: yesProceedings, 2023
Background: Iodine is an essential component of the thyroid hormones thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3), which are required for brain development [...]
Lisa Kelliher   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Global and regional prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in population-based studies from 2000 to 2022: A pooled analysis of 7.9 million participants

open access: yesFrontiers in Nutrition, 2023
Background Vitamin D deficiency causes the bone hypomineralization disorder osteomalacia in humans and is associated with many non-skeletal disorders. We aim to estimate the global and regional prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in people aged 1 year or ...
Aiyong Cui   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Guidelines for Preventing and Treating Vitamin D Deficiency: A 2023 Update in Poland

open access: yesNutrients, 2023
Introduction: All epidemiological studies suggest that vitamin D deficiency is prevalent among the Polish general population. Since vitamin D deficiency was shown to be among the risk factors for many diseases and for all-cause mortality, concern about ...
P. Płudowski   +33 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Nutritional priorities, practices and preferences of athletes and active individuals in the context of new product development in the sports nutrition sector

open access: yesFrontiers in Sports and Active Living, 2023
IntroductionSports nutrition is a rapidly growing sector with increasing demand for evidence-based nutritional products to support competitive and healthy lifestyles.
Conor C. Carey, Lorna Doyle, Alice Lucey
doaj   +1 more source

Vitamin D and marine omega 3 fatty acid supplementation and incident autoimmune disease: VITAL randomized controlled trial

open access: yesBritish medical journal, 2022
Objective To investigate whether vitamin D and marine derived long chain omega 3 fatty acids reduce autoimmune disease risk. Design Vitamin D and omega 3 trial (VITAL), a nationwide, randomized, double blind, placebo controlled trial with a two-by-two ...
J. Hahn   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Global differences in vitamin D status and dietary intake: a review of the data

open access: yesEndocrine Connections, 2022
Background: Internationally, concern has been repeatedly raised about the little notable progress in the collection, analysis and use of population micronutrient status and deficiency data globally.
Kevin D Cashman
doaj   +1 more source

Home - About - Disclaimer - Privacy