vit d?

Bennifred

LondonDiva wrote: »

I had a bit of a Ted Hutchinson flashback on reading through this thread. Time flies!

Yeah! I miss him........

adouglasmhor

thorsoak wrote: »

Butter and liver are natural sources of Vitamin D - and this is my source of information :_ http://www.milk.co.uk/page.aspx?intPageID=379

Margerine - a substitute manufactured for those who could not afford butter in the late 19th-mid 20th century - had by law to be fortified with vitamin D. Of course, we now know this to be "evil transfats" :rolleyes:
And they don't really sell margarine any more, veg oil spreads are not margarine


= which went so far over your head you should change your username to gimli

http://www.milk.co.uk/page.aspx?intPageID=379

Your link says a serving of butter gives less than ½% of the very low RDA of vitD. So not a viable source in my opinion.

System

fluffnutter wrote: »

Or perhaps it's simply that those with northern European heritage are more likely to carry the faulty genes that increase the chances of developing it.

It's a bit like saying sickle cell anaemia is far more likely the closer to the equator you live, therefore it's to do with high levels of vitamin D, when it's actually to do with genetic groups.

I don't know, I'm just suggesting that there may be other reasons for the correlation - Vitamin D may not be causal in the higher incidence of MS away from the equator.

Torry_Quine wrote: »

They are and it's now suggested that pregnant women take it to help prevent MS in their unborn child. It eems that your early years are the relevant thing for whether you develop MS or not.

I think the jury is still out on what causes it, if indeed there is a single causing factor, but they are making progress and researching things all the time. I hadn't heard about the vitamin D link before but it true that the further away from the equator you go, the more occurrences of the disease.

I was recently diagnosed, though my symptoms are, thankfully, relatively mild compared to a lot of MS sufferers.

Bennifred

avogadro wrote: »

I think the jury is still out on what causes it, if indeed there is a single causing factor, but they are making progress and researching things all the time. I hadn't heard about the vitamin D link before but it true that the further away from the equator you go, the less occurrences of the disease.

I was recently diagnosed, though my symptoms are, thankfully, relatively mild compared to a lot of MS sufferers.

I think you mean the further away from the equator the MORE incidences of the disease (if you are talking about MS) not less.


Sorry to hear about your diagnosis - what type do you have? I have primary progressive, diagnosed three and a half years ago.

kjmtidea

My 7 year old is now having vitamin d and calcium tablets because he has perthes disease. Although he gets plenty of sunlight, plays outside at every given opportunity!

G_Model101

Vitamin D is just about the only thing not in Berocca right?
Should I be supplementing with it also?

Also I read from Mo Farah's coach the other day that vitamin D is one of the only things he takes, along with Iron and Beta Alanine.

claire16c

Torry_Quine wrote: »

They are and it's now suggested that pregnant women take it to help prevent MS in their unborn child. It eems that your early years are the relevant thing for whether you develop MS or not.

That's interesting. My midwife told me it was for developing the babies bones. I guess it could be for both?!

System

Bennifred wrote: »

I think you mean the further away from the equator the MORE incidences of the disease (if you are talking about MS) not less.


Sorry to hear about your diagnosis - what type do you have? I have primary progressive, diagnosed three and a half years ago.

Sorry yes, the further from the equator the more it occurs. Don't know why I put less! :doh:

I was diagnosed a couple of months ago after undergoing an MRI and then some further tests in hospital. The neurologist didn't mention a type. I wonder if they need to see how or if the symptoms progress in order to know what type it is.

The MS society have been very helpful. I knew very little about the condition before being diagnosed, but I found their leaflets explained it clearly and in layman's terms.

Torry_Quine

claire16c wrote: »

That's interesting. My midwife told me it was for developing the babies bones. I guess it could be for both?!

could very well be.

avogadro wrote: »

Sorry yes, the further from the equator the more it occurs. Don't know why I put less! :doh:

I was diagnosed a couple of months ago after undergoing an MRI and then some further tests in hospital. The neurologist didn't mention a type. I wonder if they need to see how or if the symptoms progress in order to know what type it is.

The MS society have been very helpful. I knew very little about the condition before being diagnosed, but I found their leaflets explained it clearly and in layman's terms.

Until relatively recently there was no knowledge on the differences between types of MS and as there were no treatments it made no difference.

I would think that they need to see how your MS progresses or not before knowing which type it is.

Bennifred

Torry_Quine wrote: »

could very well be.



Until relatively recently there was no knowledge on the differences between types of MS and as there were no treatments it made no difference.

I would think that they need to see how your MS progresses or not before knowing which type it is.

There still isn't any mainstream treatment for PPMS, which is why I looked into low dose naltrexone - best thing I have ever done (apart from getting married and having children of course!:rotfl:)