enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Vitamin D - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_D

   Vitamin D is a group of fat-soluble secosteroids responsible for increasing intestinal absorption of calcium, magnesium, and phosphate, along with numerous other biological functions. [ 1 ][ 2 ] In humans, the most significant compounds within this group are vitamin D 3 (cholecalciferol) and vitamin D 2 (ergocalciferol). [ 2 ][ 3 ]

3. Cholecalciferol - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholecalciferol

   The Institute of Medicine in 2010 recommended a maximum uptake of vitamin D of 4000 IU/d, finding that the dose for lowest observed adverse effect level is 40,000 IU daily for at least 12 weeks, [25] and that there was a single case of toxicity above 10 000 IU after more than seven years of daily intake; this case of toxicity occurred in ...

4. Vitamin D deficiency - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_D_deficiency

   Vitamin D deficiency is typically diagnosed by measuring the concentration of the 25-hydroxyvitamin D in the blood, which is the most accurate measure of stores of vitamin D in the body. [1][7][2] One nanogram per millilitre (1 ng/mL) is equivalent to 2.5 nanomoles per litre (2.5 nmol/L). Severe deficiency: <12 ng/mL = <30 nmol/L[2] Deficiency ...

5. 6 Surprising Benefits of Vitamin D, According to Nutritionists

   www.aol.com/6-vitamin-d-health-benefits...

   Reference: National Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary Supplements. Most people need about 600 IU per day, but people over the age of 70 need a little more, somewhere around 800 IU to reduce ...

6. Ergocalciferol - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ergocalciferol

   Ergocalciferol, also known as vitamin D2 and nonspecifically calciferol, is a type of vitamin D found in food and used as a dietary supplement. [3] As a supplement it is used to prevent and treat vitamin D deficiency. [4] This includes vitamin D deficiency due to poor absorption by the intestines or liver disease. [5]

7. Study casts more doubt on use of high-dose vitamin D pills - AOL

   www.aol.com/news/study-casts-more-doubt-high...

   The latest results compare bone fractures in those who took either a high dose — 2,000 international units of the most active form of vitamin D, called D-3 — or dummy pills every day for five ...