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Vitamin D plus calcium may reduce vertebral fractures
26 October 2012
Calcium plus vitamin D supplementation is associated with a decreased risk of vertebral fractures, says a new US study.
06 September 2013
A new study from India suggests that anti-inflammatory effects of vitamin D may contribute to the treatment of gingivitis, an inflammation of the gum tissue.
In the randomized controlled trial, the scale of gum tissue inflammation was measured over a 3-month period in 96 patients with different degrees of gingivitis, receiving a daily vitamin D supplementation (500, 1000 or 2000 IUs) or placebo (1). The study results showed that the extent of gingivitis improved over time with increasing vitamin D dosage while the placebo group did not show any changes. The 2000 IU group already showed significant improvement after 1 month, the 1000 IU group after 2 months, and the 500 IU group after 3 months.
The researchers concluded that vitamin D is a safe and effective anti-inflammatory agent for the treatment of gingivitis. Dental professionals should recommend their patients consume adequate intakes of vitamin D to prevent gum inflammation and its sequelae – as they do successfully with fluoride to prevent cavities. An earlier observational study with 6,700 participants from the US found that the higher the blood vitamin D concentration, the lower was the prevalence of developing gingivitis (2). In 2012, an in vitro study suggested that vitamin D seems to reduce inflammation by influencing gene expression in a certain type of cell in the gums (3).
26 October 2012
Calcium plus vitamin D supplementation is associated with a decreased risk of vertebral fractures, says a new US study.
27 March 2012
According to a new literature review, supplements containing antioxidants have no significant effect in reducing mortality of healthy individuals and patients.
10 September 2015
A new study has shown that, after a four-week daily high dose intervention, fish oils, fish oil ethyl esters and krill oil have almost the same bioavailability in red blood cells and plasma when levels of EPA and DHA are matched. There was no evidence that the high phospholipid content or antioxidant content of krill oil improved the bioavailability of EPA and DHA.