Since 2009 I have made many submissions about Vitamin D and health to senior people in the Department of Health and Social Care, including Public Health England, NICE, SACN and many others
This is because I am totally convinced that the hormone called Vitamin D plays an essential part in our health
I organised 3 scientific conferences about Vitamin D in 2011 in the Wellcome Trust conference centre
One of the speakers at all 3 events was Gastro-enterologist Dr David Grimes
He is a great resource and a wonderful source of knowledge and experience, as he probably knows as much as anyone about the public health aspects of Vitamin D
Please take 30 minutes to watch the YouTube video of his talk here:
You can download the slides here:
This talk – although focussed on Obstetrics – includes:
- How important is Vitamin D ?
- Genetic & non-genetic factors
- Money / Housing / Place of residence / Religion / Ethnicity / Education / Hobbies
- Diet
- Micro-organisms
- Maternal factors
- Conception / Gestation / childhood
- Seasonal factors ( 14 minutes )
- Low vitamin D in winter / high levels in summer
- Pre-natal factors and adult health
- Birthweight / Heart disease / COPD / Diabetes / Multiple Sclerosis / Menopause
- Ethnic Asian and Black men have a worse health profile than their fathers
- He discusses their different Vitamin D levels at 27 minutes into his talk (Slides 135-139)
- Asian people have dangerously low levels of Vitamin D
- “White names” = 19 ng/mL
- “South Asian Names” = 9 ng/mL
- Sunshine or Supplement
- How much ?
