| Vitamin D sure is in the news a lot lately. In fact, a | | | | airways. The symptoms are wheezing, shortness of |
| recent statistic showed that up to 80 percent of | | | | breath, chest tightening, and coughing. |
| American adults are deficient in vitamin D! That's a | | | | Other studies have been performed to discover how |
| startling fact, especially considering all of the health | | | | to lessen the symptoms of asthma and prevent |
| benefits vitamin D can have, from keeping your heart | | | | attacks. A study performed in Australia in 2006 on |
| healthy to staving off dementia and cancer. Now, a | | | | mice indicated that sunlight reduced the symptoms of |
| new study has shown that there's an asthma-vitamin | | | | asthma. And for those of you who have been paying |
| D connection - especially if you're a mom-to-be. Let's | | | | attention, one source of vitamin D is sunlight. |
| take a look at this recent discovery. | | | | Researchers, according to the published report, feel |
| An insufficiency of Vitamin D may be linked to the | | | | that vitamin D is linked to the immune system as well |
| severity of asthma symptoms in children, according | | | | as lung development in unborn children. Women who |
| to a new study published in the Journal of Allergy and | | | | took vitamin D when pregnant had a 40 percent less |
| Clinical Immunology. According to the study, a higher | | | | risk of having children diagnosed with asthma |
| intake of vitamin D by pregnant women can reduce | | | | between the ages of 3 and 5, which is when most |
| the risk of asthma in children as much as 40 percent. | | | | conditions are diagnosed. |
| Pregnant women who were vitamin D deficient had | | | | Vitamin D is filtered through the skin by UV rays |
| more of a chance of having a child who suffered | | | | from the sun. Getting enough outside exposure is |
| from asthma and other allergies, according to the | | | | one way to elevate the levels of Vitamin D. |
| studies. The study was the first performed on | | | | However, sometimes it's difficult to get an adequate |
| children and the link to vitamin D concerning asthma. | | | | amount of daily sun exposure, especially if you live in |
| The study also indicated that children with a vitamin | | | | the "northern" regions of the country. A vitamin D |
| D deficiency were more likely to be hospitalized for | | | | supplement is one way to increase the levels of |
| asthma symptoms than those who had enough of | | | | vitamin D in your body if you cannot get enough |
| the vitamin in their bloodstream. In addition to being | | | | vitamin D from the sun. Taking a supplement will |
| hospitalized for asthmatic symptoms, these children | | | | make sure that you are getting enough of the levels |
| were also more likely to be more hyperactive and | | | | of this vitamin to reduce your risk of asthma |
| have more allergies and sensitivities. | | | | symptoms. |
| What is Asthma? | | | | In fact, according to reports, if you have 60 ng/ml |
| Asthma is a serious condition that often requires | | | | levels of vitamin D in your bloodstream, you may not |
| hospitalization for someone experiencing an attack. | | | | experience the signs of asthma any longer. This gives |
| Asthma has increased more than 300 percent in the | | | | new hope to those who have asthma, or have |
| last 20 years and affects around 20 million Americans. | | | | children with the condition. |
| Clinically, asthma causes inflammation of your upper | | | | Breathe better by getting more vitamin D! |