Vitamin D Helps Weight Loss

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Vitamin D Helps Weight Loss

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Both of these new studies show the importance of vitamin D for losing

weight. In the first, scientists claimed people who were overweight had lower

levels of vitamin D, which is created when skin is exposed to sunlight. The

study

found that low levels of the vitamin in blood interfered with the function of

a hormone called leptin, which tells the brain when the stomach is full.

Researchers at Aberdeen University found that obese people produced 10% less

vitamin D than people of average weight. The study also found that excess body

fat absorbs vitamin D, stopping it entering the bloodstream.1 Because of this,

cloudy British weather, which causes low vitamin D levels, can cause weight

gain.

 

In the second study involving 60 overweight/obese women aged 20-35 years

adhering to a low calorie diet, those with higher vitamin D levels lost more

weight and fat. The authors of this study conclude, " The present results

suggest

that women with a better vitamin D status respond more positively to

hypocaloric diets and lose more body fat. " 2

 

References

 

1See Mail Online article Poor weather to blame for Britain's obesity

epidemic, scientists say.

 

2 " Preliminary data about the influence of vitamin D status on the loss of

body fat in young overweight/obese women following two types of hypocaloric

diet, " Ortega RM, Aparicio A, et al, Br J Nutr, 2008; 100(2): 269-72.

 

 

 

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