Saturday, February 25, 2017

Vitamin for health – The role of Vitamin D in fighting inflammation

Research has proved that Vitamin D role in fighting inflammation cannot be undermined.  It is important to note that Vitamin D’s anti-inflammatory affect in human have long been suspected.  Even a small amount of Vitamin D lowers inflammation by a large percentage.  It has also been found that many a patients are profoundly deficient in Vitamin D.  Vitamin D deficiency has been associated with numerous illness with inflammatory components such as hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, autoimmune illness and thus gains importance of maintaining a normal level of Vitamin D.  Hs C-Reactive Protein is elevated when there is acute or chronic inflammation and it has been observed and tested and proved that people who take in Vitamin D reduces HS CRP automatically, this does not mean that the cause of the inflammation is cured, the cause remains but cooling down the inflammation keeps them from doing more damage to the organs that is affected.


Vitamin D is easily available in most parts of the world but in some parts of the world, it is not easily available and hence requirement for Vitamin D capsule cannot be ruled out since this is one of the important vitamin that a body needs for the day to day functioning.  The natural source of Vitamin D is the Sun.  Our body creates vitamin D from direct sunlight on our skin when we are outdoors, most of us should be able to get all the vitamin D we need from sunlight.  You need to sit under the early morning sun for 10 to 15 minutes not the ultraviolet sun in the afternoon.  The precursors of Vitamin D, that is, molecules that produce the Vitamin D, present in your skin are activated by the Sun, so soaking some morning is a good idea, health-wise.  We can also get some vitamin D from our foods including oily fish such as salmon, mackerel, sardines, red meat and egg.  So I would suggest that you take in Vitamin D daily irrespective of whether you are sick or not since Vitamin D is required for all human being but for those with inflammation, it is a necessity.