Friday, December 26, 2008
December 26 News Story 4
Vitamin D Said To Be Deficient In Most Kids With Type 1 Diabetes
New reports have surfaced to the effect that researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston report that approximately 75 percent of children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes have deficient levels of vitamin D.
As the related researchers said, a deficit in vitamin D can lead to bone problems later in life, especially among those with type 1 diabetes.
It should be noted that although vitamin D is usually gotten from exposure to sunlight or from the diet, researchers suggest that supplements are needed to boost vitamin D levels.
Lead researcher Dr. Britta Svoren, an instructor in pediatric suggests: "We found in children with type 1 diabetes a pretty significant level of vitamin D insufficiency -- much more than we had expected to find."
She noted that diabetes is associated with a reduction in bone mineral density, which can make bones more fragile.
Furthermore, she adds that vitamin D deficiency can increase the risk of fracture in these children later in life.
Delving further, she says vitamin D may have a role in the risk for developing type 1 diabetes.
For interested persons, the report was published in the January issue of The Journal of Pediatrics.
"One of the things that might be going on is that, for a lot of children and adolescents, the primary source of vitamin D is through vitamin D-fortified milk," Svoren said. "The problem is that a lot of teenagers with type 1 diabetes, rather than drinking milk, a lot of these individuals are probably drinking increased amounts of sugar-free colas."
To conclude her take on this report, svoren recommended that these patients take a multivitamin and at least 400 IU of vitamin D daily.
On a related note, Dr. David L. Katz, director of the Prevention Research Center at Yale University School of Medicine, said that vitamin D is important for all children.
We conclude our report with his final comment: "A growing body of research suggests the importance of vitamin D in many aspects of health, far beyond the long-established role in bone development and preservation. But the role of vitamin D in bone health remains crucial, and perhaps that much more so in groups at high risk of bone-thinning and injury. Such groups include postmenopausal women, those with kidney disease, and children with type 1 diabetes."
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New reports have surfaced to the effect that researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston report that approximately 75 percent of children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes have deficient levels of vitamin D.
As the related researchers said, a deficit in vitamin D can lead to bone problems later in life, especially among those with type 1 diabetes.
It should be noted that although vitamin D is usually gotten from exposure to sunlight or from the diet, researchers suggest that supplements are needed to boost vitamin D levels.
Lead researcher Dr. Britta Svoren, an instructor in pediatric suggests: "We found in children with type 1 diabetes a pretty significant level of vitamin D insufficiency -- much more than we had expected to find."
She noted that diabetes is associated with a reduction in bone mineral density, which can make bones more fragile.
Furthermore, she adds that vitamin D deficiency can increase the risk of fracture in these children later in life.
Delving further, she says vitamin D may have a role in the risk for developing type 1 diabetes.
For interested persons, the report was published in the January issue of The Journal of Pediatrics.
"One of the things that might be going on is that, for a lot of children and adolescents, the primary source of vitamin D is through vitamin D-fortified milk," Svoren said. "The problem is that a lot of teenagers with type 1 diabetes, rather than drinking milk, a lot of these individuals are probably drinking increased amounts of sugar-free colas."
To conclude her take on this report, svoren recommended that these patients take a multivitamin and at least 400 IU of vitamin D daily.
On a related note, Dr. David L. Katz, director of the Prevention Research Center at Yale University School of Medicine, said that vitamin D is important for all children.
We conclude our report with his final comment: "A growing body of research suggests the importance of vitamin D in many aspects of health, far beyond the long-established role in bone development and preservation. But the role of vitamin D in bone health remains crucial, and perhaps that much more so in groups at high risk of bone-thinning and injury. Such groups include postmenopausal women, those with kidney disease, and children with type 1 diabetes."
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