Vitamin D - everything you need to know

Episode 163 of the Saving Lives In Slow Motion podcast, hosted by Dr Ayan Panja, titled "Vitamin D - everything you need to know" was published on April 3, 2025 and runs 15 minutes.

April 3, 2025 ·15m · Saving Lives In Slow Motion

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Summary

Vitamin D is often regarded as the doyen of vitamins. It’s structure differs to other vitamins and in this episode I look at it’s benefits, it’s risks and potential in terms of it’s role in human health.Structure of vitamin D: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002916523241039UVA and UVB light: https://www.skincancer.org/risk-factors/uv-radiation/Vitamin D deficiency (NICE): https://cks.nice.org.uk/topics/vitamin-d-deficiency-in-adults/Innate vs adaptive immunity: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK279396/#(Listen to my episode on autoimmunity - October 2024)Rickets: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/rickets-and-osteomalacia/VDR mutations and rickets: https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/gene/vdr/Twin study on VDR mutations: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-69128-2Vitamin D co-factors: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10974675/Tim Spector and vitamin D: https://theconversation.com/the-sun-goes-down-on-vitamin-d-why-i-changed-my-mind-about-this-celebrated-supplement-52725Foods high in vitamin K2: https://health.clevelandclinic.org/vitamin-k2-foodsMarshall Protocol: https://biomedres.us/pdfs/BJSTR.MS.ID.008344.pdfSave your life in slow motion and those of others by subscribing now and sharing. Thank you for listening and for your support. It means a lot to me. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode Description

Vitamin D is often regarded as the doyen of vitamins. It’s structure differs to other vitamins and in this episode I look at it’s benefits, it’s risks and potential in terms of it’s role in human health.

Structure of vitamin D: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002916523241039

UVA and UVB light: https://www.skincancer.org/risk-factors/uv-radiation/

Vitamin D deficiency (NICE): https://cks.nice.org.uk/topics/vitamin-d-deficiency-in-adults/

Innate vs adaptive immunity: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK279396/#

(Listen to my episode on autoimmunity - October 2024)

Rickets: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/rickets-and-osteomalacia/

VDR mutations and rickets: https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/gene/vdr/

Twin study on VDR mutations: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-69128-2

Vitamin D co-factors: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10974675/

Tim Spector and vitamin D: https://theconversation.com/the-sun-goes-down-on-vitamin-d-why-i-changed-my-mind-about-this-celebrated-supplement-52725

Foods high in vitamin K2: https://health.clevelandclinic.org/vitamin-k2-foods

Marshall Protocol: https://biomedres.us/pdfs/BJSTR.MS.ID.008344.pdf

Save your life in slow motion and those of others by subscribing now and sharing. Thank you for listening and for your support. It means a lot to me.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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