A Common Vitamin Deficiency Discovered in Diabetics
Ronald Grisanti D.C., D.A.B.C.O., D.A.C.B.N., M.S.
New medical study published in the journal, Diabetes Care, has discovered that three out of every five patients with type 2 diabetes show signs of vitamin D deficiency.
Dr. Targher, at Sacro Cuore Hospital, Negrar, and his colleagues studied blood levels of vitamin D in 459 individuals with type 2 diabetes and a comparison group of 459 matched non-diabetic "controls."
Vitamin D deficiency is highly prevalent in people with type 2 diabetes
-- Dr. Targher, at Sacro Cuore Hospital
The rate of vitamin D deficiency (61 percent) was significantly higher in the diabetics than in the controls (43 percent).
Dr. Targher concluded that vitamin D deficiency is highly prevalent in people with type 2 diabetes."
SOURCE: Diabetes Care, March 2006.
Dr. Grisanti's Comments:
A blood test called 25(OH)D test is regarded as the single best assessment of vitamin D nutritional status. Too little vitamin D contributes to many degenerative diseases including the risk of diabetes. Ask your doctor to order the 25(OH)D test as part of your routine blood test.
References
Zerwekh JE.The measurement of vitamin D: analytical aspects. Ann Clin Biochem. 2004 Jul;41(Pt 4):272-81.
