Anti-thyroglobulin Antibodies and Vit D3

March 9, 2009

Below is excerpt from Dr Cannells latest Vit D newsletter. The Vitamin D council

website is: www.vitamindcouncil.org and I have successfully obtained my Vit D3

from BioTech very easily and cheaply.

jennyfreeman

Dear Dr. Cannell:

My naturopath and endocrinologist both have me on high dose vitamin D, 8,000

IU/day, since last summer. I was tested around October for anti-thyroglobulin

antibodies, which I have always showed. In October, they were decreasing and I

just had them tested again and they ARE GONE! I feel it's the vitamin D. I

hope in the future you will consider research in this area too. If vitamin D

can help lower thyroid antibodies you may help many thyroid sufferers. One

reason I considered taking the higher dose was because of all the info on how it

can help autoimmune. Keep up the good research and hopefully one day in the

near future the government will hear you. I'm here to support you…

Jeannette, Boston

Dear Jeanette:

Thanks you for your comments. A recent study showed a weak correlation between

25(OH)D levels and thyroid antibodies, but get this, in India, the average

25(OH)D level was only 17.5 nmol/L or 7.5 ng/ml! Of course the association they

found was weak, no one had high enough levels to find the true association. It

appears no one in India takes vitamin D or bares their skin. Again, our 25(OH)D

in-home tests are available overseas and Bio Tech Pharmacal should ship Vitamin

D overseas. If you have thyroid disease, get your 25(OH)D levels up above 50

ng/ml (125 nmol/L). If you don't have thyroid disease, do the same.

Goswami R, et al. Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and its relationship with

thyroid autoimmunity in Asian Indians: a community-based survey. Br J Nutr. 2009

Feb 10:1-5.

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