{"id":1918,"date":"2017-10-15T14:07:47","date_gmt":"2017-10-15T14:07:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vitamindguru.com\/?p=1918"},"modified":"2017-10-15T14:07:47","modified_gmt":"2017-10-15T14:07:47","slug":"the-role-of-vitamin-d-in-maintaining-a-healthy-immune-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idigitalise.org\/vitamindgurunew\/the-role-of-vitamin-d-in-maintaining-a-healthy-immune-system\/","title":{"rendered":"The role of Vitamin D in maintaining a healthy immune system"},"content":{"rendered":"
Dr. S K Wangnoo
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MD, DM (Endocrinology), FRCP (London)
\nIndraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi<\/h6>\n

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\nVitamin D supplementation and autoimmune diseases<\/h2>\n

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Dr. S K Wangnoo of Apollo Hospital, Delhi explains that “Even though our body needs a competent immune system to fight bodies that are foreign to it, sometimes the body develops antibodies to its own cells and this abnormality can result in many diseases which are known as auto immune disorders”. “Rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, and Crohn\u2019s disease are some common examples of such disorders which result in tissue damage and loss of function of the tissues or organs affected”, he further adds.<\/p>\n

He further added that, “research has shown Vitamin D to be been linked to the incidence and severity of many autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis, type 1 diabetes and irritable bowel disease. and that cholecalciferol supplementation, also known as vitamin D3, has many beneficial clinical effects in these disorders”. \u00a0These benefits include the following findings:<\/p>\n