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Posted 3/15/2012 12:08 PM (GMT 0)
Good study.  Is it the sun, Vitamid D levels or something else.  If you have UC and live in the south you may be a low producer of vitamin D.  Believe IBD is higher yet in Canada.  There is a curret thread on vitamin D.

Old Mike

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22374913

If you live in a high sun area, you could be a low porducer.

http://jcem.endojournals.org/content/92/6/2130.abstract

http://drcate.com/who-should-get-vitamin-d-testing/

Interesting that the above article mentions poor diet and the inability to metabolized cholesterol into vitamin d.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2218731

It is also interesting that my cholesterol is low.

Here is some other stuff.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22398085

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22398052

Post Edited (Old Mike) : 3/15/2012 8:23:26 AM (GMT-6)

Posted 3/18/2012 3:59 AM (GMT 0)
I am in western wa it has been raining since october haha so with my ibd I take mega doses of vitamin d. adding coconut oil to my diet helped my guts better absorb the vitamins I take. good info thanks for sharing
Posted 3/18/2012 4:02 AM (GMT 0)
Equestrianne...I too live in western WA. I take vitamin D but i don't use coconut oil
Posted 3/21/2012 2:10 AM (GMT 0)
I take 5 or 10,000 mg of vit D per day for what its worth, in order to keep my vit D level at the middle to high rather than low end of normal, on the basis of IBDers tending to be associated with low vit D levels in their blood- but whether it is a cause as opposed to a correlation remains speculative of course.
Posted 3/21/2012 4:30 PM (GMT 0)
I don't think a study can be based on geographics, ie. US vs Canada.

I live in Southern Ontario and there are at least dozen US states further North  than me.   Or maybe they're just Southern Canadians? cool

Posted 3/21/2012 4:37 PM (GMT 0)
Vitamin D plays a role in regulating inflammation, i'm considering using it in addition to a regiment of multi-probiotics

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090408140208.htm
Posted 3/21/2012 5:03 PM (GMT 0)
Vit.D3 is very important in overall general good health, and low levels of Vit D3 have been associated with many chronic and serious diseases including UC.

I have my blood serum levels checked every 3 months, as I take 100,000 I.U. Every 10 days. And my levels have been in the high 60's to low 70's, which is great!
Posted 3/21/2012 8:28 PM (GMT 0)
Although I read an article and it said miners (in caves all day with no sunlight) have very low incidences of UC....so the researcher they quoted it is not so clear-cut as vit. D deficiency causes UC, unfortunately. However, it makes sense for me since i grew up in Wisconsin!

Post Edited (Sara14) : 3/21/2012 2:47:09 PM (GMT-6)

Posted 3/22/2012 3:34 AM (GMT 0)
     I don't think demographics have any bearing on this disease.  Personally, I think genetics play a large part.  But, that is only my thoughts.
Posted 3/22/2012 3:50 AM (GMT 0)
Well, I've been living in Texas for the last 8 years, and now, for the very first time, my vit D level has shown too low. This is for the very first time (to be low, on the threshold), but I'm not so sure if I had ever this tested before. And I'm not so sure about demographics as well, as I'm Polish and moved to TX 8 years ago, with some UC symptoms already in place. I was diagnosed here, in TX, after living here for one year.

Anyway, I take vit. D supplement daily now (have to update my signature), and maybe it has some effects, maybe no. Hard to tell the difference. But from my POV (pls, remember, I'm Polish), living in southern USA doesn't ensure myself to be a good producer of vit D because I usually hide indoors. It's too darn hot for me outside! I go outside wearing my sun glasses all year long, even if it's raining! I even keep my window shades closed as the sun goes around my house during the day. My last year flare was just after few days of bigger sun exposure, as I tried to use some sun before my May trip to Poland.
So much as being exposed to sun light, promoting vit. D production :P
Posted 3/22/2012 3:56 AM (GMT 0)
     Hey Dunia...yak sie macz?  I'm Polish too!  However, I think I inherited the UP from my dad's side of the family and he was English descent.  His mom died from cancer of the rectum but I was told her symptoms were the same as I suffered when I had UP.  I had surgery in 2010.
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