What you need to know about vitamin D / The effect of air pollution on vitamin absorption

Fahimeh Soheilipour, Professor of Endocrinology and Metabolism in an interview with Fars News Agency Health Reporter about «Vitamin D intake“Scientists today attach great importance to the supply of vitamin D,” he said. Studies have shown that people with both type 1 and type 2 diabetes are more likely to have vitamin D deficiency.

He added: “In addition, some studies show that people with higher abdominal fat and waist circumference are more likely to be deficient in vitamin D. In addition, a special place for vitamin D has been defined in the discussion of coronary heart disease. Consumption as much as it can be effective in the prevention and treatment of coronary heart disease.

“The interesting thing is that vitamin D deficiency in teenage girls plays a significant role in muscle condition,” said the professor of pediatric endocrinology and metabolism. Studies have shown that young girls with muscle weakness are also deficient in vitamin D.

Soheilipour added: “The relationship between this vitamin and calcium absorption has been proven and vitamin D deficiency impairs calcium absorption. Calcium deficiency also has many side effects, including weakness in the skeletal and muscular system.”

“The important thing about getting vitamin D is to be exposed to direct sunlight,” he said. Little or no going out of the house means not getting the sun’s rays; There is also the issue of air pollution, and the more polluted the air, the less likely it is to receive direct sunlight and produce vitamin D.

The professor of endocrinology and metabolism in children noted: “Note that although the supply of vitamin D is very important for human health, but improper and excessive use of this vitamin can leave important and unfortunate disorders on human health.”

Fahimipour reminded: ‌Using high doses of vitamin D pills and ampoules repeatedly and arbitrarily can cause side effects such as calcium deposition in soft tissues such as the kidneys that cause kidney stones.

He added: “There are also other complications such as headache, nausea and vomiting.”

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