Most Strength of evidence references are several years old, and show little disease TREATMENT when using < 2,000 IU of vitamin D

  Vitamin D PREVENTS many diseases with < 4,000 IU, but TREATMENT often needs > 4,000 IU

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See also Vitamin D Life

• Evidence that the minimum vitamin D blood level is 30 ng – Grant Nov 2012
• Overview Vitamin D Intervention
• Hypothesis of Vitamin D and Diseases - and strength of evidence
• 101 vitamin D INVERVENTION trials added during first 7 months of 2012
• All items in category Vitamin D Evidence 47 items
• All items in category Meta-analysis 480 items
• National Institute of Health - Strength of Vitamin D Evidence
• Should increase life expectancy by 2 years if double vitamin D levels – July 2011
• Evaluating the vitamin D evidence - Dr. Heaney Dec 2010 slide presentation
• Overview Vitamin D3 better than D2 Most evidence is for Vitamin D3 - avoid D2
• Summary of Vitamin D trials - Grant Jan 2012
• Vitamin D has a complex relationship with Cancer – meta-analysis July 2011
• Recent Vitamin D Meta-analysis and Reviews - July 2011
• Vitamin D and omega-3 are the only supplements which show benefit in meta-analysis – Jan 2012
• Vitamin D decreases incidence of disease with many charts, such as

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The Natural Standard Herb and Supplement Guide - An Evidence-Based Review 2010

This is the latest in a series of books by the group at http://www.naturalstandard.com
Editor is Catherine Ulbricht, PharmD, Published by Mosby (a very highly regarded medical publisher)
I guess that the evidence was from sometime in 2009, that is not very up-to-date
$75
Amazon

36 diseases are described in detail
The following are the more common diseases

A (strong Scientific Evidence)

Adult Rickets, Psoriasis, Rickets

B (good scientific evidence)

Muscle Weakness/Pain, Osteoporosis

C (unclear or conflicting scientific evidence)

Breast Cancer Prevention, Cancer Prevention, Colorectal Cancer, Diabetes, Fall Prevention, High Blood Pressure,
Mortality Reduction, MS, SAD, Senile Warts, Tooth Retention, Vitamin D Deficiency (infants and Nursing mothers),
Weight Gain (postmenopausal)

D (fair negative scientific evidence)

Muscle Strength, Prostate Cancer

E (strong negative scientific evidence)

none

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