Can Vitamin D Prevent or Improve Osteoarthritis?

By Grant Cooper, Health Guide Monday, July 21, 2008

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Consuming adequate amounts of vitamin D is certainly important for preventing and treating osteoporosis. But what about osteoarthritis? In 1996, McAllindon et al. published a study in Annals of Internal Medicine in which they looked at this question. The authors screened 556 people who were part o...

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Robbie

7/21/08 2:00pm

Hello -

I have Vit. D Resistent Ricketts and have had osteoarthritis since I was 17 and I'm now 52. My physicians have told me that the ricketts are the cause of the arthritis (and incidently, the osteoporosis I've had since the same time period).

Robbie

Sandra Williams

10/26/10 5:40am

Vitamin D is quite important for people with osteoporosis. Studies show that calcium and vitamin D together can increase bone density in postmenopausal women. Vitamin D also helps with other disorders associated with weak bones, like rickets. People who have low levels of vitamin D has the higher risk of having osteoporosis. Eggs, fishes, cod liver oil, cheese are rich sources of vitamin d .

Can Vitamin D Prevent or Improve Osteoarthritis?

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