Originally published June 15 2005
Vitamin D may be able to help victims of multiple sclerosis
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
Vitamin D is in the news as a great treatment for cancers, but MS Neighborhood reports scientists are currently studying vitamin D's potential to help individuals at risk for multiple sclerosis, since vitamin D is produced by sun exposure, and parts of the world with more sun exposure have less cases of MS.
A new report says while vitamin D provides a range of health benefits to people, many may not be getting enough to reap its rewards.
But the vitamin is primarily being evaluated for people who haven't currently been diagnosed with MS, not for those who already have the disease.
Boosting calcium levels helps keep bones strong.
The vitamin also works in sync with other nutrients, minerals, hormones and the like to improve bone calcification.
Certain foods contain good sources of vitamin D. Some of the best foods, which contain 90% of the recommended daily allowance (RDA) is 3.5 ounces of cooked salmon, 3.5 ounces of cooked mackerel, and 3 ounces of tuna fish.
Additionally, scientists have been studying the benefits of vitamin D as a potential preventive approach for people at risk of developing multiple sclerosis.
In a study by doctors at the University of Wisconsin,3 giving a group of mice supplements of vitamin D a day before inducing a disease similar to MS that's typically used in animal experiments known as experimental encephalomyelitis (EAE) "prevented the appearance of any disability whatsoever."
Next, the investigators wanted to know if vitamin D supplementation halted EAE progression.
After inducing the experimental disease in the animals, they were given injections of vitamin D more than a week later.
For 40 days after the start of the study, the researchers found that the vitamin D treatment halted progression of the disease, and limited its severity.
A second group of mice injected with a solution that did not contain vitamin D showed signs of much more severe EAE by the end of the study.
The same held true for those women who had taken vitamin D supplements, the investigators reported.
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