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Vitamin D Reduces Heart Attacks

Monday, June 09, 2008 - FreeMarketNews.com


If a study of 18,225 American men (health professionals) age 40–75 years is reflective of the entire population of middle-aged males, three-quarters of adult males in the U.S. face a doubling of their risk for a heart attack due to low vitamin D levels. A vitamin D deficiency is far more predictive of a future heart attack than cholesterol, says a report due to be published in the Archives of Internal Medicine on Monday, June 9, 2008. Vitamin D deficiency is almost totally preventable with dietary supplementation. High cholesterol combined with a vitamin D deficiency served to increase the risk of a heart attack by about 2.4 times, but a vitamin D deficiency alone accounted for 2.0 times of that risk, or 83% of the increased risk. -lewrockwell

SOURCE LINK: http://www.freemarketnews.com/WorldNews.asp?nid=57873

I'm waiting for permission to post Bill Sardi's article.

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eileen

I did hear back from Bill. If you go to the source link above you'll see a link to full story at the end. Bill has a nice article there.

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eileen

Vitamin D may protect against heart attack

Mon Jun 9, 2008 4:33pm EDT





By Will Dunham
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Men with low levels of vitamin D have an elevated risk for a heart attack, researchers said on Monday in the latest study to identify important possible health benefits from the "sunshine vitamin."
In the study, men classified as deficient in vitamin D were about 2 1/2 times more likely to have a heart attack than those with higher levels of the vitamin.
"Those with low vitamin D, on top of just being at higher risk for heart attack in general, were at particularly high risk to have a fatal heart attack," study author Dr. Edward Giovannucci of the Harvard School of Public Health and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston said in a telephone interview.
The study involved 454 health professionals ages 40 to 75 who had suffered a nonfatal heart attack or died of heart disease, as well as 900 other men with no history of cardiovascular disease. They were followed for 10 years after providing blood samples to measure their vitamin D levels.
The researchers compared those who were deficient in vitamin D -- no more than 15 nanograms per milliliter of blood -- to men who were in at least the lower end of the normal range -- at least 30 nanograms per milliliter of blood.
The body makes vitamin D when the skin is exposed to sunlight. Milk commonly is fortified with it, and it is found in fatty fish like salmon.
Vitamin D helps the body absorb calcium and is considered important for bone health. In adults, vitamin D deficiency can lead to osteoporosis, and it can lead to rickets in children.
A number of recent studies have indicated vitamin D also may offer a variety of other health benefits, including protecting against types of cancer including colon and breast cancer, peripheral artery disease and tuberculosis.
In January, researchers led by Dr. Thomas Wang of Harvard Medical School reported findings that fit with the new study, showing that people with low vitamin D levels have a higher risk for heart attack, heart failure and stroke.
Giovannucci said there is enough evidence about the value of vitamin D to encourage people to ensure they have normal levels. He said people can learn their vitamin D levels by having their doctor give them a blood test. Those whose levels are too low can take vitamin D supplements, he said.
"Many people have low vitamin levels," Giovannucci said.
"Traditionally, physicians have only been concerned about the bone effects. But perhaps having these chronically low levels of vitamin D may be having these subtle physiological changes in a lot of tissues," Giovannucci added.
Giovannucci said there could be a number of ways in which vitamin D may protect against heart attack. He said it might lower blood pressure, regulate inflammation, reduce calcification of coronary arteries, affect the heart muscle or reduce respiratory infections in winter.
The study was published in the journal Archives of Internal Medicine

SOURCE LINK: http://www.reuters.com/article/healt...080609?sp=true

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dcjjp2

Doesn't it make sense that persons with higher cholesterol tend to be Vitamin D deficient vs. those that get UV radiation because doesn't UV light convert cholesterol into Vitamin D???

http://www.cholesterol-and-health.com/Vitamin-D.html

I don't see why more doc's aren't on this bandwagon not to mention millions on cholesterol reducing meds is lending to the problem...

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Don Smith

That's the problem, Jeff. The "Big Pharma" companies making lots of $$$$ selling cholesterol reducing drugs aren't going to be supportive of this information.

In addition, the companies selling products like Boniva for $250.00 a pill aren't interested in promoting low cost vitamin D or tanning.

The "bottom line" is that Big Pharma acts in its own best interest but (to date) we don't.

dcjjp2

What about the new product for breast cancer that is also for calcium and bone health... Sounds suspiciously like Vitamin D to me as well Don...

Big Pharma is the devil...

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eileen

"Simpson and colleagues have explored vitamin D’s effects on heart muscle and the cardiovascular system for more than 20 years.

Way back in 1987, when Simpson showed the link between vitamin D and heart health, the idea seemed far-fetched and research funding was scarce. Now, a number of studies worldwide attest to the vitamin D-heart health link. The findings of the study are being published in the forthcoming issue of the Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology."

SOURCE LINK & FULL STORY: http://www.onlinenews.com.pk/details.php?id=129255

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