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4 reasons why you need Vitamin D

Lack of vitamin D has been associated with several serious and dangerous health conditions. Sadly, it's one of the nutrients many of us don't have enough of. Here is why you need Vitamin D.

Written by Upneet Pansare | Updated : October 31, 2018 10:44 AM IST

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Why You Need Vitamin D

Vitamin D is needed by the human body for calcium absorpotion which helps in bone and teeth development. Lack of Vitamin D can lead to rickets. One of the most readily available sources of Vitamin D is sunlight, which is why it is also called the sunshine vitamin. According to experts, as many as 90 per cent Indians suffer from vitamin D deficiency. It’s not just bone health that we need to be concerned with when we lack enough vitamin d. Prostate cancer, erectile dysfunction, breast cancer are just some of the many health risks that arise because of lack of vitamin D. Here is what can happen to you when you don’t have enough vitamin D.

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Alzheimer's Vitamin D

Alzheimer’s: A study published in the journal Neurology stated that people with low levels of vitamin D were twice more likely to develop Alzheimer’s or other types of dementia than people who had normal levels of vitamin D. It said that vitamin D is beneficial for a variety of physiological functions and could be related to cognitive well-being too. Also Read - COVID-19 LIVE Updates: Is another lockdown loading? Deadly New COVID Variant Cicada, BA.3.2, spreading rapidly across United States, capable of infecting fully vaccinated individuals | Highlights

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Breast Cancer Importat Points

Breast cancer: A study in Menopause: The Journal of the North American Menopause Society, stated that postmenopausal women had an increased risk of vitamin D deficiency at the time of their breast cancer diagnoses, associated with higher rates of obesity than women of the same age group without cancer. Similar studies also have previously demonstrated a relationship between vitamin D and breast cancer mortality. Women in the highest quartile of vitamin D concentrations, had a 50% lower death rate from breast cancer than those in the lower quartile, suggesting that vitamin D levels should be restored to a normal range in all women with breast cancer.

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Diabetes And Vitamin D

Diabetes: A study published in the journal Cell says that vitamin D is an important modulator of both inflammation and beta cell survival in diabetes. In type 1 diabetes the beta cells that secrete insulin are either damaged or dead. Vitamin D can help with beta cells survival. American Diabetes Association says that the higher the level of vitamin D in the blood lower is the risk of type 2 diabetes. A study showed that every 5 ng/mL increase in vitamin D levels, the risk of developing diabetes dropped by 8%. Also Read - World Health Day 2026 LIVE Updates: From Nipah alert in India, to New COVID variant Cicada spreading rapidly - Top headlines of the day

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Lung Disease And Vitamin D

Lung disease: A research has found that those with vitamin D deficiency had a larger volume of bright spots in the lung, which suggests damaged lung tissue, compared with those with adequate vitamin D levels. The data from the full-lung scans also showed that those with deficient or intermediate vitamin D levels were 50 to 60 percent more likely to have abnormalities on their full lung scans, which suggests early signs of interstitial lung disease, compared with those with optimal vitamin D levels.