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What the link between low vitamin D and arthritis is has never been established. While many studies hypothesise that the low level of vitamin D in most arthritis is somehow the CAUSE of arthritis, there are also dissenting professional opinions that arthritis disease somehow uses up the vitamin D and that is why arthritics are low on it. The second hypothesis has no lobby group promoting it, unlike the first, and therefore doesn't get much press attention. If the second hypothesis is correct, getting MORE vitamin D is actually harmful in the long run.

Some people with RA take massive amounts of vitamin D supplementation, without any measurable improvement in their condition, and still have low vitamin D! What could account for such a phenomenon?

Just because people in colder climates tend to get autoimmune diseases, such as RA, does not establish a direct cause and effect in the case of low vitamin D and RA. People in warmer climates also have many more intestinal parasites, and there is emerging data that some parasites actually halt and reverse certain autoimmune diseases. For example, hookworms and celiac disease, or hookworms and asthma (seriously----look it up!)

It's possible that by jumping on the Vitamin D bandwagon without due diligence in investigating how accurate this current "truth" is, you are actually doing a disservice to those who are seeking natural ways to improve their arthritic condition. I hope RA sufferers will investigate the long standing debate over the helpfulness, or harm, of vitamin D supplementation before adding it to their arsenal of "arthritis fighters".

May 3, 2010 - 12:58pm

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