How the Rocky Mountains Helped Me Lose Weight and Manage My Diabetes

By David Mendosa, Health Guide Friday, August 31, 2007

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Now that I live in Colorado I have lost weight. In fact, I lost so much that another way of putting it is that now Colorado is the thinnest state. Naturally, I don’t take all the credit.The country is getting fatter, according to a new report, “F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies are Failin...

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Paul Anderson

10/20/07 3:19am

Just a thought - could your weight loss and better health also be attritubted to higher vitamin D levels. This could be a virtuous circle: vitamin D is produced more efficiently at higher altitude. Outdoor exercise will provide more exposure to sunlight. Weight loss will make exercise easier. Lower weight is positively correlated with higher vitaimin D levels. Indeed low vitmain D levels have been associated with insulin resitance.

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David Mendosa, Health Guide

10/20/07 9:58am

Dear Paul,

Very interesting. I didn't know that taking vitamin D helps promote weight loss. I take a LOT of vitamin D -- 9,000 units per day, as I wrote in an earlier article here. But I take it for other reasons. I would be interested in reading any references for a connection between vitamin D and weight loss, if you could send them to me. Thanks.

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