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Researchers from the University of Sheffield discovered a significant association between a patient’s vitamin D levels and the severity of their IBS symptoms, particularly the extent to which IBS affects their quality of life.
The study, which is the first of its kind, found that out of 51 IBS patients tested 82 per cent exhibited insufficient vitamin D levels.
Gabes Ryan
"Anything that contradicts experience and logic should be abandoned"
Dalai Lama
I'm lucky that my doctor respects my requests as a fellow health care professional and will order blood work tests whenever I ask. I just had my calcium, magnesium (thought I think we all know what that will show) and Vitamin D levels. At diagnosis, I had my vitamin D checked and it was less than 10. After 50,000 units once weekly for 3 months it was around 72. I no longer take 50,000 units a week and have been taking 6000 IU daily. I'm curious to see the levels as I have been on entocort 9mg daily for the last 6 weeks.
I agree that will be good information for future reference. We all know that budesonide depletes vitamin D, but we don't have any idea how much.
Thanks for sharing.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
That wasn't the goal of the lab test you referenced. The test was strictly to determine whether those brands of vitamin D were in compliance with their label.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
i think it is one of those areas not fully researched or understood.
what i have learnt via research reading in methylation cycle and cell health stuff - people that have health issues struggle with synthetic forms and struggle to process it into viable usable nutrients
and my other pondering is, cost effectiveness in production. using synthetic is cheaper, more readily available...
In 'supplement world' reputation is mostly based on throughput of sales 'market leading brand' and brand loyalty.
the products only available for sale via a practitioner are the ones that focus on quality of ingredients...
Gabes Ryan
"Anything that contradicts experience and logic should be abandoned"
Dalai Lama
That wasn't the goal of the lab test you referenced. The test was strictly to determine whether those brands of vitamin D were in compliance with their label.
Tex
Thank you, Tex. I thought it was a ranking list of quality, not honesty.
But, I have always been a bit naive :-)
Lilia
Collagenous Colitis diagnosis in 2010
Psoriasis in 1973, symptom free in 2014
GF, CF and SF free since April, 2013
