Vitamin D And Muscle Pain And Fatigue

[tex]

Hi All,

We're all aware that vitamin D deficiency leads to osteoporosis, but new evidence shows that vitamin D also affects muscle pain and fatigue, and taking a vitamin D supplement can help to alleviate muscle pain and fatigue. Since most people who have an inflammatory bowel disease tend to have a vitamin D deficiency, this may play an important role in the fatigue that is so common with active microscopic colitis.

Vitamin D improves energy production in muscles of vitamin D-deficient people

Here's a link to the report mentioned in Dr. Briffa's article:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... 221446.htm

And here's a link to the abstract of the original research report:

Improving the vitamin d status of vitamin d deficient adults is associated with improved mitochondrial oxidative function in skeletal muscle.

Note these very handy charts that he mentioned, that show how much additional vitamin D to take, in order to increase serum 25(OH)D levels by selected amounts:

http://grassrootshealth.net/media/image ... single.pdf

Tex

[wmonique2]

Thanks, Tex!

I take 12,000 IU a day for heartburn, which pretty much disappeared...and I can use all the skeletal muscle help I can get

Love,

Monique