What happens if you get low on vitamin D?

Question

I just want a list of what is more likely to happen in your body if you get low on vitamin D.

Answer 1

Symptoms include Weak Muscles
Pains in legs and muscles
Hearing Loss
Muscle spasms caused by a low calcium level
Weight gain / Obesity (may be acting thru reduction of Calcium levels)
Aggravation of the symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease
Your health risks are Osteoporosis
Allows infections to enter the brain (Blood-Brain Barrier fails)
"Association between low levels of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D and breast cancer risk"
"levels of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D decline, and thus intestinal calcium absorption declines"
"relationship between obesity and serum 1,25-dihydroxy vitamin D concentrations"
"significant relationships between 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D and muscle strength in both sexes

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Well, just realize that low on vitamin D, and a vitamin D deficiency are 2 different things. A deficiency is a severe shortage for long term. If you get a little low on it now and again, not much will happen. However, if you are chronically short on vitamin D, these are the kinds of things that have been linked to a deficiency in vitamin D:

impaired bone mineralization
bone softening diseases
rickets in children and osteomalacia in adults
possibly contributes to osteoporosis

Vitamin D deficiency may also be linked to many forms of cancer.

Answer 4

According to an article published in last month's issue of the Journal of the American Nutriceutical Association, we don't know all of the things Vitamin D does and we don't know all of the things a lack of it will do.

Vitamin D is a hormone. As with all hormones, its presence has a balancing effect on all of the other hormones in the body. New research shows it helps the body ward off cancer. It is also one of the hormones that helps transport calcium to the living cells in your bones. Without it, your bones will not form correctly. Because your bones are made from living cells, they are always "forming" so Vitamin D will affect the quality of your bone structure for your entire life.

Vitamin D can also have a connection to your cholesterol levels. In some people, too little Vitamin D can cause the body to increase cholesterol production because it is used as a building block in the construction of all hormones.

Lack of vitamin D can also lead to inflammation which can affect any and every part of the body as well.

Because of this, the list of things likely to happen if you get low enough on Vitamin D could be nearly infinite. All systems of the body are connected and that means the lack of an essential part can affect structures and functions everywhere.

Answer 5

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What happens if you get low on vitamin D?
I just want a list of what is more likely to happen in your body if you get low on vitamin D.

Answer 6

You will get diseases like Rickets or Osteoporsis. Vitamin D is very imporatant for bone growth and bone strength. Besides this you will get the usual blood pressure, depression, multiple sclerosis, chronic pain and even schizophrenia.

The best source of Vitamin D is Cod Liver Oil, Mushrooms, Yeast, One Whole Egg and fish products like Sardines and Salmon.

Answer 7

Vitamin D helps to maintain the level of calcium in your blood. With insufficient calcium, the bones can begin to demineralize or soften. In severe cases they can bow or break. There is also bone pain associated with this.

In Vitamin D deficient children, the bones of the legs and sometimes the arms bow, with irregular appearing growth plates on s-ray. The condition is known as rickets.

Answer 8

The first bad symptoms you will have are terrible pains in the joints and deep in the bones. After that your bones will begin to crumble. Eventually you will be open to all kinds of infections and cancers. But it is a long and painful process. Get out in the sun, and take your vitamin D supplements.

Answer 9

Rickets.

Answer 10

your arms might fall off