What Is The Benefit Of Vitamin D3?

What is the benefit of Vitamin D?

Did you say to strengthen bones? That’s what I originally thought. But this is not entirely true. As it turns out, this is likely just because I associate Vitamin D with milk, and I associate milk with calcium which helps to strengthen bones. The true benefit of Vitamin D, however, is that it helps your intestines absorb more nutrients. In this way it does help strengthen bones, but it does so by allowing the body to absorb more calcium.

Not a Vitamin?

Vitamin D was added to milk in an effort to increase the availability of this critical vitamin. Or should I say nutrient. You see, Vitamin D, likely the most popular vitamin this side of Vitamin C, is not even technically a vitamin. A vitamin is defined as something that is not readily available to us without actively ingesting it. Because as humans we can absorb Vitamin D from the sun it cannot technically be considered a vitamin. But because we do supplement our diets with Vitamin C in order to ensure we are getting a sufficient supply at different times of the year (like for those of you who trudge through the long, cloudy winters) we still get away with calling it a vitamin.

Surgical Benefits

After surgeries it is extra important to make sure your body is absorbing the proper nutrients and vitamins in order to recover as quickly as possible. When you think about it, this makes perfect sense. If you have a bone fracture it is going to be essential to healing that your body takes in as much calcium as possible. Surgeries also typically result in the need to take medication for pain, and painkillers are notorious for causing constipation. Vitamin D then becomes increasingly important for your intestines to absorb key nutrients that aid in digestion so that you can be as comfortable as possible as you recover.

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Not All Calcium Is Created Equally...

Not all forms of calcium are the same. OsteoPruTect features micro-crystalline hydroxyapatite concentrate (MCHC), a premium, proprietary, cryogenically processed whole bone extract that is twice as effective as calcium carbonate at building bone.

MCHC originates from New Zealand, the country that raises one of the world's safest, most natural sources of bone. MCHC provides a crystalline calcium and phosphorous matrix in the ideal physiological ratio of 2:1. MCHC also delivers bioactive growth factors and type I collagen, amino acids, glycosaminoglycans and a broad range of essential trace elements. During four decades of scientific research on MCHC, numerous studies document the reversal of bone loss at therapeutic levels of supplementation.

Though MCHC is perhaps the most powerful form of calcium found in any supplement on the market, its effectiveness is minimized without proper absorption. That is why OsteoPruTect also features the collagen catalyst ch-OSA® and vitamin D3.

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How Collagen Strengthens Bone

OsteoPruTect contains choline-stabilized orthosilicic acid (ch-OSA®)—one of the most effective substances on the market for promoting the generation of collagen. This collagen catalyst links together single chains of amino acids to form collagen strands. The collagen strands create the core-post "binding sites" for calcium and other bone minerals. In addition to helping reduce wrinkles, the oral supplementation of ch-OSA has been studied in chicks, rats, calves and humans. [1,2,3,4]

In a 12-month, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, (n=136 women; T score <1.5), a study group received 6mg of ch-OSA along with 1,000mg calcium and 800 IU vitamin D3, while another group received a placebo in addition to the same amounts of calcium and vitamin D3. Upon completion, the study group showed a 19% increase in serum procollagen type 1 N-terminal propeptide (PINP), the most sensitive bone formation marker, an overall positive trend for other bone formation markers (BAP, osteocalcin), and a 2.00% increase in BMD compared to the women taking only placebo, calcium and vitamin D3. Additionally, the ch-OSA group showed no adverse effects. [5]

An earlier study demonstrated that orthosilicic acid directly stimulates collagen type 1 synthesis in human osteoblast-like cells (bone-forming cells) and enhances osteoblastic differentiation. [6] Another OSA study demonstrated that the increase in collagen-responsible bone flexibility resulted in a greater resistance to physical stress. [7]

In addition to strengthening bones, ch-OSA and the collagen it helps generate helps prevent wrinkles. A nice side benefit, no?

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References

1. Calomme M. et al. Effect of ch-OSA on bone density in chicks. Poster presentation at 29th European Symposium on Calcifi ed Tissues May 25-29, 2002.
2. Calomme M, et al. Effect of choline stabilized orthosilicic acid on bone density in ovariectomized rats. J Bone Miner Res, 2004 Oct; (19)(S1), S449 [PMID: 16604283]
3. Calomme M, et al. Partial prevention of long-term femoral bone loss in aged ovariectomized rats supplemented with choline-stabilized orthosilicic acid. Calcif Tissue Int. 2006; 78(4):227-32 [PMID: 16604283]
4. Calomme M, et al. Supplementation of calves with stabilized orthosilicic acid. Biol Trace Elem Res. 1997 Feb; 56(2):153-65 [PMID: 9164661]
5. Spector TD, Calomme MR, et al. Choline-stabilized orthosilicic acid supplementation as an adjunct to Calcium/Vitamin D3 stimulates markers of bone formation in osteopenic females: a randomized, placebo-controlled trial. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2008, June 11; 9:85 [PMID: 18547426]
6. Reffi tt DM, et al. Orthosilicic acid stimulates collagen type 1 synthesis and osteoblastic differentiation in human osteoblast-like cells in vitro. Bone 2003 Feb; 32(2):127-35 [PMID: 12633784]
7. Jugdaohsingh R, et al. Dietary silicon intake is positively associated with bone mineral density in men and premenopausal women of the Framingham Offspring cohort. J Bone Miner Res. 2004 Feb; 19(2):297-307 [PMID: 14969400]

Vitamin D & Increasing Hip Strength

While some reports have found it unclear if vitamin D strengthens hip strength, a new report that appears in the New England Journal of Medicine has found otherwise.

The Report, has concluded the following:

Note the ≥800 IU daily: we recommend 4,000 to 5,000 IU of vitamin D3 daily.

This report was supported by a professorship grant from the Swiss National Foundation and a grant from the European Commission Framework 7 Program.

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Tip of the Day: Take Vitamin D with Food

According to a new report, Taking Vitamin D With the Largest Meal Improves Absorption and Results in Higher Serum Levels of 25-Hydroxyvitamin D by Guy B. Mulligan and Angelo Licata, taking vitamin D supplements during the largest meal of the day will improve absorption and increase serum levels of 25(OH)D.

This is important as many patients treated for vitamin D deficiency fail to achieve an adequate serum level of 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] despite high doses of ergo- or cholecalciferol. The objective of this study was to determine whether administration of vitamin D supplement with the
largest meal of the day would improve absorption and increase serum levels of 25(OH)D.

This was a prospective cohort study in an ambulatory tertiary-care referral center. Patients seen at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation Bone Clinic for the treatment of vitamin D deficiency who were not responding to treatment make up the study group. Subjects were instructed to take their usual vitamin D supplement with the largest meal of the day. The main outcome measure was the serum 259(OH)D level after 2 to 3 months. Seventeen patients were analyzed. The mean age ( ±SD) and sex (F/M) ratio were 64.5 ± 11.0 years and 13 females and 4 males, respectively. The dose of 25(OH)D ranged from 1,000 to 50,000 IU daily. The mean baseline serum 25(OH)D level ( SD) was 30.5 ± 4.7 ng/mL (range 21.6 to 38.8 ng/mL). The mean serum 25(OH)D level after diet modification ( ±SD) was 47.2 ± 10.9 ng/mL (range 34.7 to 74.0 ng/mL, p<.01). Overall, the average serum 25(OH)D level increased by 56.7% ±36.7%. A subgroup analysis based on the weekly dose of vitamin D was performed, and a similar trend was observed.

Thus it is concluded that taking vitamin D with the largest meal improves absorption and results in about a 50% increase in serum levels of 25(OH)D levels achieved. Similar increases were observed in a wide range of vitamin D doses taken for a variety of medical conditions.

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