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Overview Obesity and Vitamin D

GO FUTURE GREENS
Dec 10, 2015
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- FACT: People who are obese have less vitamin D in their blood - FACT: People who are obese need a higher dose of vitamin D to get to the same level of vitamin D in their blood - FACT: When obese people lose weight the vitamin D level in their blood increases - FACT: Adding Calcium, perhaps in the form of fortified milk, often reduces weight - FACT: Adding vitamin D seems so good that there were 97 trials for vitamin D intervention of obesity as of Nov 2014 - FACT: Less weight gain by senior women with > 30 ng of vitamin D - FACT: Dieters lost additional 5 lbs if vitamin D supplementation got them above 32 ng - RCT - FACT: Those with darker skins were more likely to be obese Sept 2014 - SUGGESTION: Probably need more than 4,000 IU to lose weight if very low on vitamin D (high risk) due to risk factors such as overweight, age, dark skin, live far from equator,shut-in, etc.