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Overview Diabetes and vitamin D

Diabetes: A risk factor is low vitamin D

  • Diabetes is 5X more frequent far from the equator
  • Children getting 2,000 IU of vitamin D are 8X less likely to get Type 1 diabetes
  • Obese people get less sun / Vitamin D - and also vitamin D gets lost in fat
  • Sedentary people get less sun / Vitamin D
  • Worldwide Diabetes increase has been concurrent with vitamin D decrease and air conditioning
  • Elderly get 4X less vitamin D from the same amount of sun
        Elderly also spend less time outdoors and have more clothes on
  • All items in category Diabetes and Vitamin D 537 items: both Type 1 and Type 2

Vitamin D appears to both prevent and treat diabetes

Number of articles in both categories of Diabetes and:
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  • Dark Skin 24;   Intervention 56;   Meta-analysis 38;   Obesity 35;  Pregnancy 44;   T1 (child) 39;  Omega-3 11;  Vitamin D Receptor 24;  Genetics 12;  Magnesium 27    Click here to see details

Some Diabetes studies

50 ng of Vitamin D fights Diabetes

T1 Diabetes

Pre-Diabetes

Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Magnesium - many studies


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90% less T2 Diabetes in the group having lots of Vitamin D

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76% reduced risk of Diabetes if use small vitamin D doses - meta-analysis Feb 2023

  • Vitamin D and Risk for Type 2 Diabetes in People With Prediabetes -A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Individual Participant Data From 3 Randomized Clinical Trials https://doi.org/10.7326/M22-3018
    • only used 20,000 weekly or 4,000 IU daily
    • Need to treat 30 people to eliminate one person getting diabetes (NNT)
  • Dr. Campbell video review
  • Annals Video Summary of study - Vitamin D and Risk for Type 2 Diabetes in People With Prediabetes https://doi.org/10.7326/M22-3698 Feb 2023
  • Summary for Patients: Vitamin D and Risk for Type 2 Diabetes in People With Prediabetes PDF
  • Preventing Type 2 Diabetes With Vitamin D: Therapy Versus Supplementation Feb 2023 https://doi.org/10.7326/M23-0220

1,060,000 hits for Diabetes and "Vitamin D" in Google Scholar

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Vitamin D Supplementation for Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: To D or Not to D? Dec 2020 https://doi.org/10.1210/clinem/dgaa594 FREE PDF


5 Reasons that medical professionals do not prescribe Vitamin D for Diabetes

  1. No profit for Big Pharma
    +Diabetes-A Lucrative Disease April 2023
  2. Less income for doctors nor hospitals if stop diabetes
  3. The Vitamin D dose needed often varies by 4X between individuals for many health problems
    Doctors prefer using a single dose of a drug for all patients
  4. Doctors are unaware that small doses of vitamin D gut-friendly can be used
    Gut-Friendly Vitamin D is available on Amazon, but not in pharmacies, nor by prescription
    they are uncomfortable prescribing 4,000+ IU of vitamin D
    in many countries, doctors can only prescribe D2 (which does not work as well), not D3
  5. Doctors are unaware that adding Magnesium helps prevent/treat Diabetes
    they often just want to use a monotherapy

Diabetes and Intervention


27 studies in both categories Diabetes and Magnesium

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See also Vitamin D Life Calcium



from Mizoue  Grassroots PDF Vitamin D vs risk of diabetesfrom GarlandChart by Wagner and Hollis,  downloaded from Grassroots April 2010 – also


7X increase in T2 Diabetes by 2060 in those under age 20 (mainly in blacks) - Jan 2023

TrialSite News    PDF
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From Hypponen - 7X less diabetes for children taking 2,000 IU of vitamin D

CLICK HERE for details
see wikipage: http://www.vitad.org/tiki-index.php?page_id=1660



from Review of Diabetes Sept 2010Diabetes vs latitude from review Sept 2010


Increasing diabetes from CDC Diabetes Report Card 2012

(attached at bottom of this page)
- perhaps associated with decreasing vitamin D, even though the word vitamin does not occur once in the CDC publication
Amazingly, there are so many trials trying to confirm that vitamin D intervention can prevent/treat diabetes,
yet the CDC does not have a single word on Vitamin D in their report card.
see wikipage: http://www.vitad.org/tiki-index.php?page_id=339

US military: 3.5 X more likely to get type I Diabetes if low vitamin D

from Video by Dr. Gorham Dec 2014
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Percentage change in age-adjusted prevalence of diagnosed diabetes among adults aged >18 years Nov 2012

{FONT(size="18")}Diabetes average by 82% (average) in just 15 yearsFONT}
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The figure above shows the percent change in age-adjusted prevalence of diagnosed diabetes among adults aged >18 years in the United States during 1995-2010.
During 1995-2010, the relative increase in age-adjusted prevalence of diabetes ranged from

  • 8.5% in Puerto Rico to
  • >225% in Oklahoma, with an
  • overall median increase of 82.2%.

The age-adjusted prevalence increased by >50% in 42 states and by >100% in 18 states.
States in the South had the largest relative increase in prevalence, with the age-adjusted median increasing >100%.

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  • "'If Diabetes Was A Country, It Would Be The Third Largest Country In The World" - Huffington Post- AU 2016?
  • New York Times Jan 2017
    Lawsuit made Jan 30, 2017 against Sanofi, Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly. Insulin now costs up to $900/month
  • GreenMedInfo Nov 2017
    "Diabetes just became the #3 killer in America and the #1 killer in Mexico"
    "1 out of 2 Americans ALREADY have diabetes or pre-diabetes."

Diabetes is prevented and treated by Curcumin (which increases activation of the VDR)

BMI and Diabetes Washington Post Aug 2015

Interactive graphics. Black line = US, nothing about vitamin D
About 347 million adults in the world have diabetes, more than twice as many as in 1980.
Diabetes rates in adults since 1980, adjusted for age


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Prediabetes


33+ Vitamin D Life pages with PREDIABET in title

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4X reduction in prediabetes progressing to T2D if more than 50 ng of vitamin D – RCT March 2023 01 May, 2023
Anxiety and Depression decreased in senior prediabetics with weekly 25,000 IU of Vitamin D – RCT Sept 2022 22 Dec, 2022
Depression more likely if low vitamin D (3.5 X prediabetic women in this case) – Oct 2022 25 Oct, 2022
Prediabetes in US youths increased 2X in 2 decades - March 2022 03 Apr, 2022
Vitamin D given for 6 weeks did not slow prediabetes progression 2 years later (no surprise) – RCT Aug 2021 27 Aug, 2021
Prediabetes 1.5 X more likely to go away if take Vitamin D – meta-analysis July 2020 06 Apr, 2021
Prediabetes reduced by weekly 60,000 IU of Vitamin D – RCT Jan 2021 23 Feb, 2021
US young adults – 24 percent have prediabetes (many low-cost ways to treat)– Jan 2020 10 Jan, 2020
Prediabetics had different gut bacteria – April 2018 30 Dec, 2019
Children in India – 1 in 7 extremely low Vitamin D, 1 in 10 prediabetic – Sept 2019 10 Oct, 2019
Diabetics and prediabetics helped by 5,000 IU of Vitamin D for 6 months– RCT July 2019 29 Jul, 2019
Prediabetes both prevented and treated by monthly Vitamin D, etc. 08 Jun, 2019
Prediabetes treated by Vitamin D (34 ng, 3500 IU per day) – meta-analysis May 2018 24 Feb, 2019
Prediabetics not helped by weekly vitamin D (perhaps D2) – RCT Oct 2013 09 Dec, 2018
Prediabetics not benefit from vitamin D, perhaps D2 was used – RCT Feb 2013 09 Dec, 2018
Prediabetes starts to be treated by 3,800 IU of Vitamin D – meta-analysis July 2018 28 Aug, 2018
Zinc cut in half the rate of prediabetes progressing to diabetes (20 mg) – RCT Oct 2017 28 Feb, 2018
Zinc cut in half the rate of prediabetes progressing to diabetes (20 mg) – RCT Oct 2018 28 Feb, 2018
Prediabetes corrected in 3 months by 1,000 IU of vitamin D as pill or in yogurt – RCT Jan 2018 29 Jan, 2018
Prediabetes reduced by monthly 60,000 IU of vitamin D – RCT May 2015 15 Mar, 2017
Normalizing vitamin D levels reduced prediabetic measure by 18 percent – RCT Oct 2012 15 Mar, 2017
Fewer mice became prediabetic when given Vitamin D, even when on high fat, high sugar diet – March 2017 15 Mar, 2017
Vitamin D deficiency is associated with prediabetes in obese Swedish children – Oct 2016 11 Mar, 2017
Prediabetes reduced in half by those getting Magnesium Chloride – RCT April 2015 28 Jan, 2017
Prediabetics not helped by 50,000 IU of vitamin D weekly and Calcium– Jan 2013 03 Apr, 2016
Prediabetes reduced after restoring Magnesium levels – RCT April 2015 02 Aug, 2015
Prediabetes progression to diabetes 25 percent less for every 4 ng increase in vitamin D – April 2012 03 May, 2015
Prediabetic have very different gut bacteria – March 2015 09 Mar, 2015
1 in 10 Chinese adults are diabetics and 15 percent prediabetic - Mar 2010 06 Mar, 2015
Prediabetics 60 percent less likely to become diabetic if given some vitamin D – Jan 2014 25 Jan, 2014
27 percent less likely to develop diabetes if prediabetic and have adequate vitamin D – Mar 2012 25 Jan, 2014
12700 IU daily vitamin D3 did not stop prediabetic minorities from becoming diabetic – June 2012 10 Jun, 2012
You Can Reverse PreDiabetes – Nov 2009 04 Jul, 2010

Diabetes complications (nothing about Vitamin D) - 2016

Briefly Discusses
Skin Complications, Eye complications, Neuropathy, Foot Complications
Ketoacidosis & Ketones, Kidney Disease (Nephropathy)
High Blood Pressure (Hypertension), Stroke
Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic Nonketotic syndrome (HHNS)
Gastroparesis. Heart Diseases, Mental Health, Pregnancy
 Download the PDF from Vitamin D Life


Finger blood sugar tests do not help unless using Insulin

Is the Finger-Stick Blood Test Necessary for Type 2 Diabetes Treatment? June 2017

  • "Blood glucose testing does not offer a significant advantage in blood sugar control or quality of life for patients with type 2 diabetes who are not treated with insulin, according to a study published online by JAMA Internal Medicine."
  • "In the MONITOR trial, 450 patients were assigned to no blood sugar monitoring, once daily glucose monitoring, or enhanced once-daily glucose monitoring with an internet-delivered tailored message of encouragement or instruction for 1 year."
  • "Results showed no significant differences in blood glucose control across the 3 groups. There were no significant differences in health-related quality of life or for hypoglycemia, hospitalizations, and emergency room visits."
  • "There was also no difference in the number of individuals who had to start using insulin treatment to better control blood glucose levels."

New type of Insulin (GMO) results in increased deaths - Aug 2017

GMO Insulin Increases Morbidity and Mortality in Type 2 Diabetics GreenMedInfo
The GMO forms have a different structure and 4X as much of GMO form is needed to get the same benefit

  • # of references at GreenMedInfo for other diabetic treatments: ginger (37), spirulina (38), and black cumin seed (39), nutraceuticals such as L-arginine (40), vitamin C (41), magnesium (42), omega-3 fatty acids (43), and vitamin D (43), and both high-intensity interval training (44) and aerobic exercise (45)

If diabetic and taking metformin you must check Vitamin B12 levels

Routine vitamin B12 screening may prevent irreversible nerve damage in type-2 diabetes Nov 2018


Diabetic Epidemic

  • Step back to 1994. Suppose an epidemic struck the United States, causing blindness, kidney failure, and leg amputations in steadily increasing numbers.
    Suppose that in less than a decade's time, the epidemic had victimized one out of every eight people
    That epidemic is real, and its name is diabetes, now the nation's sixth leading cause of death.
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Food more costly ==> more diabetes

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Spain 2018

Many Diabetic associations recognize plant-based diets - 2019

Plant-Based Diets Recognized by Diabetes Associations Dr. Greger
5 minute video and transcript

  • As Dr. Williams put it, the evidence “for the benefits of plant-based nutrition continues to mount.” “This now includes lower rates of stroke, hypertension, diabetes…, obesity, [heart attacks, and cardiac death], as well as many non-cardiac issues that affect our patients in cardiology, ranging from cancer to a variety of inflammatory conditions.”
  • "Reading the existing [scientific] literature and evaluating the impact of plant-based nutrition, it clearly represents the single most important yet underutilized opportunity to reverse the pending obesity and diabetes-induced epidemic of disease and death.”

Updated Oct 2023

  • Dr. Kim Williams, the American College of Cardiology’s immediate past president, began an editorial on plant-based diets with a classic quote from Schopenhauer: “All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.”
  • In 2013, plant-based diets for diabetes were “ridiculed” and placed in the “Fad Diets” section of the official endocrinology practice guidelines despite acknowledgment that the eating pattern reduces diabetes risk and improves management better than the American Diabetes Association recommendation.
  • By 2015, the guidelines explicitly endorsed a plant-based diet as its general recommendation for diabetic patients, and, now, the American Diabetes Association itself is also on board.
  • The Canadian Diabetes Association has taken the lead by recommending plant-based diets—“a regimen that encourages whole, plant-based foods and discourages meats, dairy products, and eggs, as well as all refined and processed foods”—for disease management and also recommending Canadian diabetes education centers to develop educational materials and provide individualized counseling sessions to address obstacles to change in order to improve people’s perceptions of plant-based diets.
  • Ignorance may be the biggest barrier to eating plant-based. Nearly nine out of ten patients interviewed hadn’t heard of plant-based eating to treat or manage diabetes, despite most staff being aware of its benefits, yet only about one in three diabetes educators and clinicians recommending it to their patients.
  • Two common reasons given were that they didn’t mention it because they didn’t believe their patients would eat a plant-based diet and they were unclear about the supportive scientific evidence. However, the researchers cited studies in which vegan diets had a greater than 95 percent adherence rate, likely because the participants experienced significant improvements, and plant-based eating has been shown to be more effective than an ADA-recommended diet at reducing the use of diabetes medications, long-term blood sugar control, and cholesterol.
  • There is a delay in the dissemination of new scientific findings from the scientific literature to the clinician and finally to the patient, which is one of the reasons I started NutritionFacts.org.
  • The science on plant-based diets is clear, but the bigger challenge is overcoming the “inertia, culture, habit and widespread marketing of unhealthy foods,” says Dr. Williams. “Reading the existing literature and evaluating the impact of plant-based nutrition, it clearly represents the single most important yet underutilized opportunity to reverse the pending obesity and diabetes induced epidemic of morbidity and mortality.”
  • "...strictly plant-based diets were “well accepted with over 95 percent adherence rate,"
  • Greger category listing has 29 items along with related searches

Diabetic problems: map of the body

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CDC US Diabetes maps 1994, 2015

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Testing for diabetes in US: start at age 35 if BMI >25 USPSTF - Aug 2021

US Preventive Services Task Force lowers diabetes screening age for overweight

American Diabetes Association and American Association of Clinical Endocrinology disagree
   - the age should be 45 years old. not 35


Each additional decade of T2 Diabetes reduces lifespan by 2.5 years - Oct 2023

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Dabetes is assocated with categories: Intervention 56, Pregnancy 43, Infant-Child 39, Obesity 34, Cardiovascular 33, Magnesium 27, Skin - Dark 24, Vitamin D Receptor 23, etc.

(as of Oct 2023) Intervention - non daily 22, Metabolic Syndrome 17, Hypertension 13, Virus 12, Genetics 12, Kidney 12, Depression 11, Omega-3 11, Cognitive 10, Autoimmune 9, Deficiency 9, Cancer 9, Loading dose 8, Mortality and D 8, Vision, 7, Rheumatoid Arthritis, 7, Multiple Sclerosis, 6, Lupus, 6, Immunity, 6, Injection, 6, Antibiotics, probiotics, 6, Middle East, 6, Youth, 5, Stroke, 5, Vitamin D and Vitamin K, 5, Vit D Binding Protein, 5, Thyroid and parathyroid, 4, Sports and Vitamin D, 4, Bone - Health, 4, Books, videos on Vitamin D, 4, Fortification with Vitamin D, 4, Pain - chronic, 4


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