Vitamin D Deficiency Can be Hell on Your Lungs

Men's Health Magazine - May 2010, Pg. 36

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If you're one of nearly 7 million American men who have asthma, check the label on your multivitamin: A Vitamin D deficiency can be hell on your lungs, according to researchers from National Jewish Health , in Denver. They found that asthma sufferers with lower blood levels of Vitamin D has more difficulty breathing that those with the highest levels. It's possible that a shortage of the vitamin increases the activity of cytokines, compounds that cause lung inflammation, says study author E. Rand Sutherland, M.D. Have your doctor test your level of 25-hydroxy vitamin D; if it's under 30 nanograms per milliliter, ask about ways to work more of the nutrient into your diet.

We know how you can get more Vitamin D...through exposure to UV light.