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Vitamin D has recently been promoted as a magical solution for almost everything. And for good reason.\nIt has been proven to help prevent arthritis.<\/p>\n
Vitamin D has recently been promoted as a magical solution for almost everything. And for good reason.
\nIt has been proven to help prevent arthritis.<\/p>\n
However, there is a strange angle to the issue if you have already developed arthritis. Then, the use of vitamin D is a whole different story.<\/p>\n
In a study published in the Journal of Autoimmunity, scientists examined the synovial fluid and blood from people with and without active rheumatoid arthritis.<\/p>\n
They reached some interesting conclusions:<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. People with rheumatoid arthritis had lower levels of vitamin D in their bodies than their healthy peers did.<\/p>\n 2. While vitamin D is usually a great suppressant of inflammatory cytokines, once an area is seriously inflamed, it becomes resistant to the positive effects of vitamin D.<\/p>\n That is, inflamed cells do not allow vitamin D to reduce their inflammation.<\/p>\n This means that vitamin D can help to prevent inflammatory diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, but it won’t be as effective for people who have already developed these conditions, unless they can get huge amounts of it directly into their affected joints.<\/p>\n This could also indicate that the standard amount of vitamin D needed for people already suffering arthritis should be much higher than those who haven\u2019t developed the disease.<\/p>\n Generally, it\u2019s recommended to spend 20 minutes outside in direct sunlight every day. If you have arthritis, you\u2019ll want to spend much more time outside.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re going for supplementation, make sure it contains between 1500 and 5,000 IU (International Units) of vitamin D3 per day.<\/p>\n