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This showed up in my mailbox this morning about vitamin D's role in reducing intestinal inflammation and prolonging periods remission for those who have Crohns Disease, an inflammatory bowel disease - (see below for article, also a link to another article on the same study, which was just published)...
Vitamin D for Intestinal Inflammation
Do you have patients with Crohn’s Disease (CD)? A small, double blind, placebo-controlled study looked at the effect of vitamin D supplementation for people with CD that were in remission. The researchers compared intestinal permeability and inflammatory markers at baseline and again after three months of treatment. Participants did not alter their current medical treatment throughout the study.
Over the course of the study, the patients that took 2,000 IU vitamin D daily showed an increase in vitamin D in their blood levels, and those that took placebo showed a decrease in D levels. The group that took vitamin D supplements and increased their levels the most (over 75 nmol/L) by the end of the study, showed a significant decrease in inflammatory marker levels. In those patients with vitamin D levels (below 75 nmol/L), inflammatory markers had increased significantly. The group taking vitamin D maintained the same intestinal permeability without changing, but the placebo group worsened significantly.
The researchers concluded, "This is the first reporting of effects of vitamin D supplementation on intestinal permeability in a CD cohort. Whilst the data requires further confirmation, it broadly supports evidence from previous experimental studies that suggest a role for vitamin D in maintaining intestinal barrier integrity."
Over the years, other studies have reported that vitamin D can help maintain remission in those with CD, and in some studies, it was even shown to help improve symptoms. This current study further supported a positive association between vitamin D and reduced gastrointestinal inflammation.
Reference: United European Gastroenterology Journal, 2015. V3(3) 294-302.
[No link was available for the article...sorry]
And this link, also about this study with additional information... http://www.foxnews.com/health/2015/...-prolong-remission-from-crohns-disease-study/
Vitamin D for Intestinal Inflammation
Do you have patients with Crohn’s Disease (CD)? A small, double blind, placebo-controlled study looked at the effect of vitamin D supplementation for people with CD that were in remission. The researchers compared intestinal permeability and inflammatory markers at baseline and again after three months of treatment. Participants did not alter their current medical treatment throughout the study.
Over the course of the study, the patients that took 2,000 IU vitamin D daily showed an increase in vitamin D in their blood levels, and those that took placebo showed a decrease in D levels. The group that took vitamin D supplements and increased their levels the most (over 75 nmol/L) by the end of the study, showed a significant decrease in inflammatory marker levels. In those patients with vitamin D levels (below 75 nmol/L), inflammatory markers had increased significantly. The group taking vitamin D maintained the same intestinal permeability without changing, but the placebo group worsened significantly.
The researchers concluded, "This is the first reporting of effects of vitamin D supplementation on intestinal permeability in a CD cohort. Whilst the data requires further confirmation, it broadly supports evidence from previous experimental studies that suggest a role for vitamin D in maintaining intestinal barrier integrity."
Over the years, other studies have reported that vitamin D can help maintain remission in those with CD, and in some studies, it was even shown to help improve symptoms. This current study further supported a positive association between vitamin D and reduced gastrointestinal inflammation.
Reference: United European Gastroenterology Journal, 2015. V3(3) 294-302.
[No link was available for the article...sorry]
And this link, also about this study with additional information... http://www.foxnews.com/health/2015/...-prolong-remission-from-crohns-disease-study/
