VITAMIN D LOWERS C-REACTIVE PROTEIN (CRP) - The Diigo Meta page

• 25 Oct 09
  

  Matti Narkia

  VITAMIN D LOWERS C-REACTIVE PROTEIN (CRP)
  Van den Berghe and colleagues at the University of Leuven in Belgium appear to be the first to show that simple, natural and cheap vitamin D (cholecalciferol) lowers CRP in critically ill patients. Even small amounts of cholecalciferol (500 IU) lowered CRP by more than 25% in a small group of critically ill patients. Another marker of inflammation (IL-6) was reduced even more. The researchers also found that critically ill patients were profoundly deficient in vitamin D.

  2003 November vitamindcouncil vitamin_D studies humans critically ill patients lowerss C-reactive_protein CRP inflammation nutrition cholecalciferol vitamin_D3 IL-6 interleukin-6

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