Vitamins are organic compounds found in nutrients required for growth of organisms in the body of the living being. There are 13 vitamins within the human body. Since the human body does not store the vitamins continuously there should be dietary supplements for getting vitamins. Vitamin D is only one vitamin which act as hormone in the body and crucial for health.
Some health risks are outlined below for low vitamin D:
1. Low vitamin D causes problem for every ill patients
Vitamin D plays an important role in many diseases other than musculoskeletal system. Low vitamin D plays a major role in diabetes, in heart diseases, in the immune system, in cancer and in metabolic deregulation. For this cause only the person who remains in ICU get different types of diseases.
2. Low vitamin D is the cause of chronic acute pain
A scientific study conducted by Mayo clinic suggests that The patients who require narcotic drugs for pain relief require a higher dose when they have low vitamin D deficiency.. Recently a correlation was established between low vitamin D and BMI(measure of obesity)
3. It aggravates old-age fracture
Low vitamin D causes less calcium supplementation. Much higher dose nearly 400U per day should be given to old age adults to prevent bone fracture irrespective of their living place.
4. It is fatal for pregnant women
If there is low vitamin D present in pregnant woman then there is possibility of getting diseases like preeclampsia and gestational diabetes. Researchers predict this as a cause of most obese children in USA.
5. It inclines mental agility
Since vitamin D is associated with hormonal activity scientists believe that it is also connected to protection of neurons in the brain. But scientists have cautioned against moving in sun to avoid skin cancer.
6. It cant fight cold
The people with less vitamin D cant fight common disease like cold as compared to people with higher vitamin D efficiency. From a scientific study it was found out that if one with high vitamin D suffers with respiratory infection then two with low vitamin D suffer with that.
Vitamin D is not only connected to our physical health but also to mental health. It is found out that vitamin D is less in a girl in comparison to boys of same age. For this cause the health authorities have doubled the dose of vitamin D to babies in recent times.
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by on 08. Jan, 2010 in General Health, Nutrition
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