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You may have seen an article from ACTRIMS (Americas Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis) with the headline Vitamin D at High Dose Can Worsen MS, Early Study Says. We’ve written a short blog to provide a little…
The Coimbra Protocol promotes the use of very high doses of vitamin D to treat MS and claims to have shown good results. Vitamin D has been linked to MS prevention and disease activity, and is known to offer many…
Research over the years has shown that maintaining adequate levels of vitamin D may have a protective effect and lower the risk of developing multiple sclerosis. Hypovitaminosis or vitamin D deficiency however, are very common in some populations.
A new randomised control trial has been published evaluating the effects of the combination of omega-3 and vitamin D supplements on a number of outcomes in pwMS. Studies evaluating a combination of both interventions are scarce, and RCTs are even…
New research has found that existing guidelines on recommended vitamin D intake may be dangerously low.
Cambridge University has made a connection between MS and Vitamin D. identifying an important protein that is activated by Vitamin D.
In this study, the US researchers have shown that vitamin D3, the form that we have recommended to be taken in pill form, which is not the final form of vitamin D, in its own right has the effect of…
The Multiple Sclerosis Journal has published an editorial with the odd conclusion that neurologists believe the evidence is strong enough that they would take vitamin D at a dose of 10,000IU a day themselves if diagnosed, and prescribe it to…
The Brazilian Academy of Neurology in new Consensus Guidelines are to keep blood vitamin D level between 100-250 nmol/L.
UK researchers examining data from a German database have found that low levels of vitamin D are associated with markedly increased death rates from heart disease and other causes
A case report published in Archives of Neurology shows the potential risk associated with taking calcium supplements with vitamin D
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