1. Experts from the University of Boston recently called for vitamin D intake (recommended daily intake, IU) to be quadrupled for both children and adults
2. Low levels of vitamin D among the obese has been linked to a higher risk of developing metabolic syndrome.
3. Chances of developing metabolic complications lowers with vitamin D supplementation, suggests research from the Tufts-New England Medical Centre in Boston
4. Increased levels of vitamin D could boost heart health
5. Vitamin D supplementation has been linked to benefits for osteoporosis and certain diseases
6. One dose of vitamin D can enhance immunity to certain infectious diseases, reports a study from the Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry in London.
7. In the southern states of Australia, women have been found to be vitamin D insufficient, whilst in southern Queensland women have vitamin D deficiencies. But those at greatest risk of having insufficient vitamin D are people with dark skin, people who always cover up their skin and the elderly.
8. One study informs that more than three quarters of older Australian people are vitamin D deficient.
9. As we age the skin's ability to produce vitamin D decreases and we require more exposure to sunlight. Nursing home patients may be affected as they often don't get the opportunity to go outside and get direct sunlight.
10. Vitamin D can be absorbed from foods - eggs, salmon, sardines, herrings, mackerel, swordfish and other oily fish all contain small amounts of vitamin
References available on request