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Respiratory infections reduced by 63 percent with 4000 IU vitamin D daily - RCT Dec 2012

Highlights of Report in Swedish translated by Google

  • Peter Bergman and his colleagues are fortunate to 140 patients daily treatment for one year with either vitamin D (4000 IU) or placebo.
  • The study was double-blind: neither the patients - all of which were susceptible to infections - or caregivers knew who belonged to which group before the trial was over.
  • The results show that the vitamin D reduced patient discomfort.
  • The probability that require treatment with antibiotics during the study period was 63 % lower in the vitamin D group compared with the placebo group, and the incidence of fungal infections including respiratory decreased.

Chart from 2015 publication
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Note: if takes ~100 days for the vitamin D levels to plateau (thus no beneift expected until then)
Respiratory tract infection eliminated in 36 percent of people

Types of Respiratory infections

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Vitamin D did particularly well with

  • Moraxella catharralis
  • Staphylococcus aureus
  • Pseudomona aeruginosa
  • Fungal infection

Adverse effects: fewer with vitamin D than with placebo

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Suspect that Vitamin D caused the reduction in:

  • Gastrointestinal
  • Cardiovascular
  • Infections

The RTI aspects

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 Download the English 2012 PDF from Vitamin D Life


 Download the English 2015 PDF from Vitamin D Life


See also Vitamin D Life

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