Why African-Americans Need To Take Vitamin D
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What is the driving force behind this book?
As a librarian at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn, I searched several databases to help students perform research tasks. Many of these students are studying natural sciences or nursing. When I assisted them in their research work, I was shocked that there is data showing that blacks suffer disproportionately from severe chronic illness. I also found that some studies show that vitamin D is essential for health and that many blacks are seriously deficient in vitamin D. Using this information, I discovered the key to the problem. I found the link between vitamin D deficiency and chronic disease in blacks.
Does vitamin D deficiency directly affect you or anyone in your family or community?
My family members have suffered and passed away from vitamin D related illnesses. I believe that if the information in my book is available in our community, more people can take vitamin D supplements to relieve pain and prolong life. However, someone told me some encouraging stories about how vitamin D helps to improve health.
A 70-year-old woman has suffered from severe muscle and bone pain throughout her body for years, explaining that she will never miss a day of vitamin D supplements again because vitamin D helps her pain go away.
One man explained that under a few hours of sunlight a day, vitamin D cured his anxiety for about three weeks. His fear disappeared, and he stopped taking the anti-anxiety drug.
One woman said her legs were extremely painful, line a. After taking vitamin D for about a month, she can dance in high heels.
Another woman with diabetes achieved healthier glucose levels after optimizing vitamin D levels and was able to reduce the use of diabetes medication after taking vitamin D. Now, she has never had vitamin D before.
What is the risk of developing this defect, and why?
Vitamin D deficiency is a global epidemic. More than 40% of the world’s population is at risk of developing vitamin D deficiency, and dark-skinned people are at high risk. A national survey conducted in the United States over the past decade found that 97% of blacks are deficient in vitamin D. Subgroups of the black population are at greater risk. Some of the black subgroups most at risk include the elderly, as well as those in prison, such as hospitalized and imprisoned blacks. This book is about these groups.
Are black women more dangerous than black people? If so, why? Some articles about your work emphasize the importance of proper vitamin D levels in pregnant women. Why is it so? What are the risks of a low vitamin D for the developing fetus? What benefits can she expect if she is sure to maintain her optimal levels during pregnancy?
Black young women may be at greater risk because they pass on vitamin D deficiency to their children, and vitamin D deficiency significantly affects early development and the risk of disease in the future. A newly published study, conducted by Australia’s Telethon Child Health Research Institute, links language dysplasia in children to vitamin D deficiency, which may be linked to vitamin D’s role in brain development. Studies have shown that vitamin D plays a significant role in the coding of genes (DNA) for early brain development in the early stages of conception, nine months in the womb, and early life (including adolescence). The book explores the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in black women and the enormous health risks facing their minors and young children as a result of this deficiency.
What are the most common symptoms of vitamin D deficiency?
Common symptoms of vitamin D deficiency are general pain, bone pain, and muscle weakness. If the defect is severe, the problem may get worse. People may not even realize they are deficient in vitamin D, but they usually find themselves lacking in vitamin D after experiencing severe health problems. This book highlights many chronic diseases related to vitamin D deficiency, such as cancer.
What diseases do you think are common in people of African descent related to vitamin D deficiency?
Cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease are some of the many chronic illnesses that seriously affect people of African descent, all of which are related to vitamin D deficiency.
In addition to vitamin D deficiency, what are the effects of other factors (such as diet, environmental, and lifestyle choices) on these health problems?
Vitamin D works in tandem with a healthy diet to reduce inflammation and reduce the incidence of disease. Your Environment and Lifestyle Can Lead to Poor Health In this book, and I explain how factors such as processed foods, unhealthy environments, and sedentary habits can cause illness. Vitamin D is more effective with its nutritional cofactors, some of which are magnesium, calcium, vitamin K2 and zinc. In addition to the importance of exercise, the sections of the book discuss these vitamin D cofactors, as well as tips for choosing and preparing healthy foods.
Do you recommend regular checkups for vitamin D deficiency? If so, for how long?
Blacks are very deficient in vitamin D. Recent studies have shown that vitamin D deficiency can hurt survival. A survey of 10,000 people (mean age 58), published Nov. 10, 2011, in American Cardiology, lasted five years and found that vitamin D deficiency can triple the risk of early death. According to this study, vitamin D supplementation is strongly correlated with better survival rates for patients with documented defects. Therefore, you should start taking vitamin D supplements immediately and check your vitamin D levels about every six months. The book provides dosage recommendations for different age groups and disease states.
What are the Vitamin D Levels of Growing Children? How important is this? What is the risk for children if the level is too low?
Children’s vitamin D blood levels should also be kept at their best, as vitamin D deficiency has a significant impact on their chances of getting the disease. Studies have shown that black children have more severe vitamin deficiencies than white children and that black children have a higher incidence of many conditions related to vitamin D deficiency. Many babies die from pediatric cardiomyopathy, a disease related to vitamin D deficiency. Children with low vitamin D levels are at higher risk for asthma, infection, tooth decay, depression, and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
The Office of Minority Health of the United States Department of Health and Human Services reports that African Americans have 2.4 times more infant mortality than non-Hispanic Whites, and black babies are four times more likely to die from complications caused by low birth weight. Times. Compared to non-Hispanic white babies. A lack of vitamin D in mothers usually results in low birth weight at birth, and the incidence of low birth weight babies in the United States of African American mothers is much higher than that of white women in the United States.
What’s the Best Food Source of Vitamin D?
Taking vitamin D supplements may be the best way to get enough vitamin D because food is not considered to be a good source of vitamin D. Fortified milk, drinks, and grains, dairy products, eggs, and fish are some of these foods. It contains a small amount of vitamin D, but you shouldn’t rely on food to meet your vitamin D needs.
