The Role of Vitamin D
Vitamin D is not your typical vitamin.
Unlike other vitamins, your body can actually make vitamin D when you’re exposed to sunlight.
Though often described as a hormone, vitamin D provides the basis for your body to make certain hormones.
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Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin, which means that the vitamin can be stored within your body.
Vitamin D plays an important role in bone health.
Vitamin D also affects immune health, muscle function, and inflammation reduction.
This is why your healthcare provider may recommend testing your vitamin D levels.
Even though it’s such a common condition, its cause is still unknown.
Even without a specific known cause, IBS can have various triggers in different people.
This interest was triggered by the fact that vitamin D deficiency has been associated with many chronic conditions.
This intervention resulted in significant improvement of her symptoms, which return whenever she stops taking the supplement.
A deficiency was detected in 82 percent of the IBS patients compared to 31 percent of the control subjects.
Supplementation increased vitamin D and improved quality of life scores but did not significantly improve IBS symptoms.
The supplement or placebo was described as a “pearl” to be taken every two weeks.
The only symptom not improved by the vitamin D was “dissatisfaction with bowel habits.”
Further research is needed to come to any conclusions about the relationship between vitamin D levels and IBS.
If you have not already done so, speak with your healthcare provider to have your level checked.
However, there is a strong connection between vitamin D deficiency and IBS.
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