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Vitamin D Deficiency Enormously Impacts Coronary Heart Disease
By admin | September 19, 2009
Vitamin D is an enormous factor in heart disease. In recent years a plethora of research has uncovered the amazing power and benefits of vitamin D. Twenty five different studies in diverse worldwide populations find a deficiency of 40% to 100% of the population studied. Not surprisingly a study at John Hopkins University found low vitamin D produced a 26% increase of death from all causes.
Research follower, Dr. Mark Stengler, reports that optimal vitamin D was associated with a reduction of 17 different kinds of cancer. Julian Whitaker, M.D. says colon, breast, and lung cancer was reduced by 60% in a study with optimal levels of vitamin D.
I would like to focus primarily on the risk factor that low vitamin D produces in heart disease. “Circulation” (Journal of the American Heart Association) reports low levels of vitamin D-3 are associated with a 62% increased risk of heart failure.
Researcher Dr. Michal Melamed says this: “There are studies that link low vitamin D levels to the development of heart disease, peripheral arterial disease and different cancers.” Dr. Malamed backs up this claim by citing a study of over 13,000 people. Men and women were followed for 8 and 1/2 years. There were 1806 people in that group that died from cardiovascular disease. Over half of these were deficient in vitamin D.
Why is vitamin D so effective in reducing degenerative diseases and specifically heart disease? All degenerative diseases are caused by oxidative damage and inflammation.
In the case of heart disease, inflammation in arteries collects LDL cholesterol in a plaque with calcium and other undesirable ingredients. This results in hardening of the arteries or atherosclerosis. This increases the risk of blood clots, heart attack and stroke. It also increases blood pressure, causing hypertension and strain on the heart. Heart failure is shown to also be associated with inflamed coronary arteries.
Russell Blaylock, M.D. reports in his newsletter of July 2009, on the subject of heart failure. In a study of 3,299 heart failure patients, followed approximately 8 years, found a 500% increased risk of sudden death in those with the lowest vitamin D levels.
Heart attack and stroke are produced in the presence of inflammation. The best measure of cardiovascular risk, out of 12 factors tested, was CRP. CRP (C-reactive protein) is a marker of blood inflammation. High levels of CRP (and not cholesterol) are associated with heart attack and stroke. Half of all heart attacks occur, proven in a large study, in the “normal” range of cholesterol…150 to 200.
Vitamin D-3 (that used by man) is produced by UVB rays of sunshine with the cholesterol molecule under the skin. The medical doctors who follow current studies on vitamin D recommend plenty of sunshine and/or a supplement of vitamin D-3 to keep body level up to normal…Denis Van Loan D.D.S.
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