Diabetes is more likely if low vitamin D than if obese - Feb 2016

Being vitamin D deficient is a bigger risk for type 2 diabetes than obesity Livedoctor


See also VitaminDWiki

Pages listed in BOTH the categories Diabetes and Intervention

Pages listed in BOTH the categories Diabetes and Meta-analysis

Overview Diabetes and vitamin D contains the following summary

  • Diabetes is 5X more frequent far from the equator
  • Children getting 2,000 IU of vitamin D are 8X less likely to get Type 1 diabetes
  • Obese people get less sun / Vitamin D - and also vitamin D gets lost in fat
  • Sedentary people get less sun / Vitamin D
  • Worldwide Diabetes increase has been concurrent with vitamin D decrease and air conditioning
  • Elderly get 4X less vitamin D from the same amount of sun
        Elderly also spend less time outdoors and have more clothes on
  • All items in category Diabetes and Vitamin D 562 items: both Type 1 and Type 2

Vitamin D appears to both prevent and treat diabetes

Number of articles in both categories of Diabetes and:

  • Dark Skin 25;   Intervention 57;   Meta-analysis 40;   Obesity 37;  Pregnancy 45;   T1 (child) 39;  Omega-3 12;  Vitamin D Receptor 25;  Genetics 13;  Magnesium 32    Click here to see details

Some Diabetes studies

50 ng of Vitamin D fights Diabetes

T1 Diabetes

Pre-Diabetes

Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Magnesium - many studies