Calcium and vitamin D supply in Polish population--facts and myths.
Year: 2014
Type: letter
Abstract: Traditionally, calcium and vitamin D are treated as partners crucial for bone health. In the human body calcium is located mostly in the skeleton, only 1–2 % is present in body fluids and this part is metabolically active. Serum calcium concentration is closely regulated within a narrow physiological range [1]. However, calcium is responsible not only for bone mineralization but also for muscular and neural conductivity and blood coagulation [1]. Vitamin D is necessary for calcium absorption, through amplification of calbindin synthesis, it is also involved in the regulation of parathyroid hormone synthesis [1, 2]. Recently, the pleiotropic effects of vitamin D have become the subject of interest [1, 2]; potential extraskeletal benefits of vitamin D intake include lower cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, reduced risk of diabetes mellitus, breast and colon cancer, multiple sclerosis,
Source: PubMed
Language: English
Topic: Vitamin D Research Studies
Subfield: Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W755850266