{"id":58632,"date":"2009-11-15T20:08:10","date_gmt":"2009-11-16T01:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jacknorrisrd.com\/?p=699"},"modified":"2009-11-15T20:08:10","modified_gmt":"2009-11-16T01:08:10","slug":"vitamin-d-deficiency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/58632","title":{"rendered":"Vitamin D Deficiency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is an email exchange I recently had:<\/p>\n<p>November 06, 2009 <\/p>\n<p>Hi Jack,<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been vegan for almost two years and am wondering about a skin condition I recently developed.  I have a red flaky patch of skin right below the corner of my lip and above both eyelids.  The patch is not itchy or yellowish, so I suspect it is not eczema.  I am wondering if the patches are the result of a vitamin deficiency.  I used to take a multivitamin, but I quit taking it because my skin took on a yellowish hue, especially in the winter when I eat more squash (and my doctor thought I might be getting too much beta-carotene).  I now only take a B-complex vitamin.  Is it possible that the skin patches are a sign that I&#8217;m not getting enough of a particular vitamin?<\/p>\n<p>My response:<\/p>\n<p>A lack of vitamin D can cause psoriasis in some cases, but other than D and B-vitamins, which it sounds like you are good on, I don&#8217;t know what it might be or if it is likely to be nutrition-related. It&#8217;s definitely not a common complaint I hear from people who are vegan.<\/p>\n<p>November 14, 2009<\/p>\n<p>Dear Jack,<\/p>\n<p>I saw my primary care doctor this week and she speculated that I might have a vitamin D deficiency.  I began taking supplements and going outside for 30 minutes a day around noon. The patches have all but disappeared in a matter of days.  Just wanted to let you know in case you ever come across any other individuals with the same condition.  I have since read more about the health problems associated with vitamin D deficiency, and I am thankful my deficiency manifested itself in a way that I was able to take notice and do something about it. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Addendum Nov 15, sent from a different reader:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I had &#8216;eczema&#8217; for years every winter and when I started taking Vitamin D2, 2000 IU, it went away for good. I also had my 25-hydroxy-Vitamin D level tested and it was at the very lowest end of normal&#8230;. Any skin condition that&#8217;s worse in the winter (where UV is low in the winter) I would suspect Vitamin D deficiency.<\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.jacknorrisrd.com\/~ff\/jacknorrisrdcom?a=gsH9jQewvL0:kr2JzQMPtzA:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/jacknorrisrdcom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.jacknorrisrd.com\/~ff\/jacknorrisrdcom?a=gsH9jQewvL0:kr2JzQMPtzA:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/jacknorrisrdcom?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/jacknorrisrdcom\/~4\/gsH9jQewvL0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is an email exchange I recently had: November 06, 2009 Hi Jack, I&#8217;ve been vegan for almost two years and am wondering about a skin condition I recently developed. I have a red flaky patch of skin right below the corner of my lip and above both eyelids. The patch is not itchy or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":135,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/135"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58632"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58632\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}