{"id":31101,"date":"2025-09-06T13:30:53","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T17:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blueheronhealthnews.com\/site\/?p=31101"},"modified":"2025-09-01T02:21:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T06:21:12","slug":"neuropathy-risk-worsens-4x-with-this-deficiency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blueheronhealthnews.com\/site\/2025\/09\/06\/neuropathy-risk-worsens-4x-with-this-deficiency\/","title":{"rendered":"Neuropathy risk worsens 4x with this deficiency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blueheronhealthnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Vitamin-D-205228285.jpg\" alt=\"Neuropathy risk worsens 4x with this deficiency\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9399\" \/>Getting enough of this vitamin is the most important thing you can do to protect yourself against neuropathy, according to a new study in <em>Nutrition and Health<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Because vitamin D calms inflammation, produces substances that keep nerve cells healthy, and repairs the myelin coating around them, researchers wanted to know if low levels could be playing a bigger role in diabetic complications.<\/p>\n<p>At a major hospital in southern India, scientists reviewed records of <strong>1,439 adults with type 2 diabetes<\/strong> admitted between 2017 and 2022 who had their vitamin D levels checked.<\/p>\n<p>They split the group into:<\/p>\n<dl>\n<dd>\n&#9679;\t<strong>873 people<\/strong> with at least one diabetic complication<\/p>\n<p>&#9679;\t<strong>566 people<\/strong> with no complications\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p><strong>Findings:<\/strong><\/p>\n<dl>\n<dd>\n&#9679;\tVitamin D deficiency = <strong>4x higher neuropathy risk<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#9679;\tKidney problems risk rose more than <strong>5x<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#9679;\tEye damage risk increased <strong>2.5x<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#9679;\tHeart disease risk more than doubled<\/p>\n<p>&#9679;\tDiabetic foot problems nearly tripled\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p>Even in sun-rich India, vitamin D deficiency was especially common in women, city dwellers, and indoor workers \u2014 proving that lifestyle matters more than geography.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Protect yourself:<\/strong> Get about 20 minutes of daily sunlight on your arms or legs, eat vitamin D-rich foods (salmon, mackerel, sardines, eggs, mushrooms, fortified milk\/cereal), or take a supplement.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blueheronhealthnews.com\/health\/neuropathy-no-more-sl-bhhn\/\">But if you already suffer from neuropathy, getting enough vitamin D is not enough. 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