16 May 2014
A new US study reports that many young physically active college students have deficient blood vitamin D levels.
The observational study measured blood vitamin D concentrations, body composition (body mass index) and physical fitness (maximum rate of oxygen consumed during exercise and muscular strength) of 39 students with an average age of 23 years (1). The study results showed that 51% of the participants had vitamin D levels below 35 ng/ml. While students with higher vitamin D levels showed a better cardiovascular fitness, participants with higher BMI had lower vitamin D levels.
The researchers commented that while adequate vitamin D status has already been shown to relate to improved muscle function, muscle strength, and cardiovascular health in both adult and elderly populations, the new findings show that vitamin D might affect fitness in young, healthy populations.
11 February 2015
A study from Australia has concluded that there is growing evidence showing vital relationships between both micronutrient-rich diets as well as nutritional deficiencies and mental health.
1 September 2015
Professor Ken Sato works in the Department of Internal Medicine at Aichi Medical University in Nagakute, Japan. He and his team have recently conducted a meta-analysis examining the beneficial effect of vitamin E on non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), including non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). The aim was to evaluate the efficacy of vitamin E in improving liver function. Professor Sato concludes his paper thus: “This meta-analysis suggests that vitamin E therapy improves serum biochemical parameters and improves hepatic histology in NAFLD/NASH, especially in regard to adult NASH patients. Vitamin E also improves hepatic fibrosis, hepatic inflammation and ballooning.”
1 July 2015
A recent study by Professor Maurice Dysken of the University of Minnesota Medical School provides data that indicates that high dose vitamin E supplementation could be useful as a therapeutic treatment to delay the onset of Alzheimer’s disease.
