Recommended levels of vitamin D — the “sunshine ... 800 IU Pregnant or lactating women: 600 IU Vitamin D from sunlight Most vitamin D is made by your body when UV rays reach your skin; the ...

There has been no consensus on the optimal level of vitamin D intake to reduce PTH, and this is why many laboratories report the normal range of vitamin D to be so wide (20 to 40 ng/ml ...

The study, published in the periodical Engineering, supports research showing that vitamin D can benefit health in several ...

One study of soccer players found a link between vitamin D and improved athletic performance; another found vitamin D ...

Maternal concentration range in women taking 2,000 IU vitamin D was very wide (19.3–64.4 ng/mL), with 74% of them showing optimal levels (≥30 ng/mL). Although 25(OH)D concentrations below 30 ng/mL ...

A recent study published in the American Journal of Preventive Cardiology found that higher vitamin D doses do not improve heart health in older adults with low vitamin D levels. The research, ...

Thus, among women with SLE, 59 (65.6%) patients had vitamin D deficiency, 25 (27.8%) registered vitamin D insufficiency and only 6 (6.7%) had optimal levels. Among men, four (36.4%) patients had ...

Vitamin D, the so-called “sunshine vitamin ... but 57 per cent of us have lower than ‘optimal’ levels. It is the one food supplement that the NHS recommends for adults, saying we should ...

A 21-year-old man or women ... of vitamin D in 15 to 20 minutes. However, longer exposure does not produce more vitamin D. Humans were basically built to produce and carry higher levels of vitamin ...