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Annotated Reference and Link List

 

Links below are functional as-of 14 August 2012.

 

Sources for quotes that vitamin D deficiency is a “pandemic” and “unrecognized epidemic”

·        Holick MF, Chen TC (2008) Vitamin D deficiency: a worldwide problem with health consequences. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 87: 1080S-1086S. Full text. 

·        Johnson MA, Kimlin MG (2006) Vitamin D, Aging, and the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Nutrition Reviews. 64: 410–421. Abstract.

 

Forms and sources

·        Tangpricha V (2012) Vitamin D in food and supplements. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 95: 1299-1300. Journal table of contents.

·        Yetley EA (2008) Assessing the vitamin D status of the US population. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 88: 558S-564S. Full text.

·        Koyyalamudi SR et al. (2011) Concentration of vitamin D2 in white button mushrooms (Agaricus bisporus) exposed to pulsed UV light. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis. 24: 976-979. Journal table of contents.

 

The vitamin D endocrine system

·        Norman AW (2008) From vitamin D to hormone D: fundamentals of the vitamin D endocrine system essential for good health. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 88: 491S-499S. Full text.

·        Tai K et al. (2008) Vitamin D, glucose, insulin, and insulin sensitivity. Nutrition. 24: 279-285. Journal table of contents.

 

Limits on sunshine production of Vitamin D

·        Chaplin G, Jablonski NG (2009) Vitamin D and the evolution of human depigmentation. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 139: 451–461. Abstract.

·        Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (2007) Update on Vitamin D; Position statement. London: TSO. Full text.

·        Schoenmakers I et al. (2008) Abundant sunshine and vitamin D deficiency.  British Journal of Nutrition. 99: 1171 - 1173. Journal table of contents.

·        Kimlin  M (2007) Does a high UV environment ensure adequate Vitamin D status? Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology. 89: 139–147. Journal table of contents.

·        Molla AM et al. (2005) Vitamin D status of mothers and their neonates in Kuwait. Pediatrics International. 47: 649–652. Abstract.

·        Jacobs ET et al. (2008) Vitamin D insufficiency in southern Arizona. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 87: 608-613. Full text.

 

Vitamin D and health; vitamin D and cancer

·        Heaney RP (2008) Vitamin D and calcium interactions: functional outcomes. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 88: 541S-544S. Full text.

·        Deeb KK et al. (2007) Vitamin D signalling pathways in cancer: potential for anticancer therapeutics. Nature Reviews Cancer. 7: 684-700. Abstract.

·        Holick MF (2004) Vitamin D: importance in the prevention of cancers, type 1 diabetes, heart disease, and osteoporosis. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 79:362-71. Full text.

·        Lappe JM et al. (2007) Vitamin D and calcium supplementation reduces cancer risk: results of a randomized trial. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 85: 1586-1591. Full text.

·        Davis CD et al. (2009) Vitamin D and cancer: current dilemmas and future research needs. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 88: 565S-569S. Full text.

 

Vitamin D and overweight/obesity

·        Drincic AT et al. (2012) Volumetric Dilution, Rather Than Sequestration Best Explains the Low Vitamin D Status of Obesity. Obesity. 20:1444-1448. Abstract.

·        Major GC et al. (2007) Supplementation with calcium + vitamin D enhances the beneficial effect of weight loss on plasma lipid and lipoprotein concentrations. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 85: 54-59. Full text.

·        Zittermann A et al. (2009) Vitamin D supplementation enhances the beneficial effects of weight loss on cardiovascular disease risk markers. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 89: 1321-1327. Full text.

 

Assessing vitamin D status

·        Zerwekh JE (2008) Blood biomarkers of vitamin D status. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 87: 1087S-1091S. Full text.

·         Norman AW (2008) From vitamin D to hormone D: fundamentals of the vitamin D endocrine system essential for good health. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 88: 491S-499S. Full text.

 

Circulating vitamin D levels in select populations

·        Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (2007) Update on Vitamin D; Position statement. London: TSO. Full text.

·        Chan J et al. (2009) Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D status of vegetarians, partial vegetarians, and nonvegetarians: the Adventist Health Study-2. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 89: 1686S-1692S. Full text.

·        Crowe FL et al. (2011) Plasma concentrations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D in meat eaters, fish eaters, vegetarians and vegans: results from the EPIC-Oxford study. Public Health Nutrition. 14: 340­346. Abstract.

·        Looker AC et al. (2008) Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D status of the US population: 1988–1994 compared with 2000–2004. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 88: 1519-1527. Full text.

 

Vitamin D2 vs. D3

·        Tripkovic L et al. (2012) Comparison of vitamin D2 and vitamin D3 supplementation in raising serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D status: a systematic review and meta-analysis. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 95: 1357-1364. Abstract.

·        Houghton LA et al. (2006) The case against ergocalciferol (vitamin D2) as a vitamin supplement. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 84: 694-697. Full text.

·        Armas LAG et al. (2004) Vitamin D2 Is Much Less Effective than Vitamin D3 in Humans. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 89: 5387-5391. Full text.

 

How much to take in supplement form?

·        Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (2007) Update on Vitamin D; Position statement. London: TSO. Full text.

·        Institute of Medicine (2010) DRIs for Calcium and Vitamin D, from: Dietary Reference Intakes for Calcium and Vitamin D. Washington, DC, USA: National Academy of Sciences. Full text.

·        Cashman KD et al. (2009) Estimation of the dietary requirement for vitamin D in free-living adults ≥64 y of age. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 89: 1366-1374. Full text.

·        Aloia JF et al. (2008) Vitamin D intake to attain a desired serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 87: 1952-1958. Full text.

·        Vieth R (2004) Why the optimal requirement for Vitamin D3 is probably much higher than what is officially recommended for adults. The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 89–90: 575–579. Journal table of contents.

·         Bischoff-Ferrari HA et al. (2012) A Pooled Analysis of Vitamin D Dose Requirements for Fracture Prevention. New England Journal of Medicine. 367:40-49. Abstract.

·        Zittermann A et al. (2009) Vitamin D supplementation enhances the beneficial effects of weight loss on cardiovascular disease risk markers. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 89: 1321-1327. Full text.

·        Hathcock JN et al. (2007) Risk assessment for vitamin D. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 85: 6-18. Full text.

·        Jones G (2008) Pharmacokinetics of vitamin D toxicity.  American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 88: 582S-586S. Full text.