It has been said that too much of anything is poisonous. The list of your anythings could be a long one but do high levels of vitamin D feature there? We all know the benefits of vitamin D - a vitamin that the sun generously gives. Scientists from the University of Copenhagen have discovered that Vitamin D is a factor that contributes in the increase in mortality rates if taken in high levels.
Many research programs have been conducted in the past year on the dangers of having low levels of Vitamin D but this is the first study carried out regarding high levels of the said vitamin. According to the scientists, there is a connection between vitamin D and cardiovascular deaths. The study was conducted on 247,574 Danes, which is so far the largest basis for such a study in the world.
The study was conducted within a seven-year period, and it involved taking initial samples of blood. At the end of the period, 16645 patients died. The professor at the Department of Clinical Medicine claimed that there is indeed a correlation between deaths and high levels of vitamin D.
The professor stated that as much as low levels of vitamin D are detrimental, so is the high level of it. The levels of vitamin D should be maintained at 70 nanomol per liter. According to him, this is the preferable state. Patients with less than 50 nanomol per liter should immediately seek medical attention as this is a very low level of vitamin D.
Over the recent years, there has been a great focus on the intake of vitamin People have gone to extremes of taking natural supplements to ensure that they have this vitamin in their bodies. The benefits of this vitamin have been talked and shared so much that as said above, it has been labeled by many as the solution to healthy living.
This research should be an eye opener to all of us to enable us control the intake of this vitamin. According to Professor Peter Schwartz, one should take this vitamin if necessary and not overdo it by relating it to sweets.
The results on the above study were published in the Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism and being the first study on that field, it has received a great number of readers who are eager to know more about this just concluded research. Indeed too much of anything is poisonous.
