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Vitamin D deficiency may affect diabetes risk 10-16-08
By Sue Mueller
A new study published on Oct 10, 2008 in Acta diabetologica suggests that
vitamin D deficiency may raise risk of type 1 diabetes in children.
The study showed that children with type 1 diabetes were more likely to have
deficiency of vitamin D than healthy children, 91 percent in diabetic children
versus 85 percent in non-diabetic children.
For the study, Bener A and colleagues from Weill Cornell Medical College Qatar
compared 170 type 1 diabetes children and 170 healthy children ages younger than
17 years in Qatar for their vitamin D levels in the blood.
Bener A and colleagues also found that the dietetic children had overall lower
levels of vitamin D than the healthy children.
They concluded that "Vitamin D intake was very poor in children and it shows
that supplementing infants with vitamin D might be a safe and effective strategy
for reducing the risk of T1DM."
The American Academy of Pediatrics in the United States updated its
recommendation on Monday and now says that children need to have intake of 400
IUs of vitamin D per day compared to 200 IUs per day. Vitamin D experts say
enough 400 IUs per day may not be enough.
In the United States, an estimated 12 percent of the youngest children are deficient of vitamin D and another 28 percent are at the risk of deficiency, according to Dr. Catherine Gordon, director of the bone health program at Children's Hospital in Boston.
Vitamin D is found in a limited number of foods including oily fish such as
salmon, fortified foods such as juices, cereals and milk and vitamin D
supplements. The best source of vitamin D is sunshine. Daily exposure of hands
and the face to sunshine for 15 minutes is believed to be enough.
Comment:
Remember 30 mins. of full sun with skin contact equals on average 200 IU of
Vitamin D. With the current preventative recommendations at 4000-100,000 IU a
day you have to get allot of sun daily to meet your requirement. Liver or kidney
disease, obesity, osteopenia and osteoporosis, arthritis, parathyroid or thyroid
removal, thyroid disease, darker skin, and intestinal malabsorption are all
conditions that may require larger doses.
Vitamin D malnutrition may also be linked to an increased susceptibility to
several chronic diseases such as high blood pressure, tuberculosis, cancer,
periodontal disease, multiple sclerosis, chronic pain, depression,
schizophrenia, seasonal affective disorder, peripheral artery disease and
several autoimmune diseases including type 1 diabetes.
Much is said about vitamin D in winter; ironically summer is often overlooked.
The use of sunscreen with a sun protection factor (SPF) of 8 inhibits more than
95% of vitamin D production in the skin. Recent studies showed that, following
the successful "Slip-Slop-Slap" health campaign encouraging Australians to cover
up when exposed to sunlight to prevent skin cancer, an increased number of
Australians and New Zealanders became vitamin D deficient. Ironically, there are
indications that vitamin D deficiency may lead to skin cancer. To avoid vitamin
D deficiency dermatologists recommend supplementation along with sunscreen use.
You may need to have your blood calcidiol (25-hydroxy-vitamin D) test done to
evaluate your intake and current levels. It takes about 25-29 days to change
those levels.
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