Obesity is a disease that raises health awareness through conscious thought as well as physical appearance. In most of my articles, I talk about the danger of obesity.
We now know that obesity is abnormal fat accumulation in the body. When we get fat, it can feel like a dungeon. After abnormal weight gain occurs, your attempts to lose weight become impatient. I am entering our main topic with a short footnote; When you decide to lose weight, remember that you need to do it for your health and be patient. Otherwise, sustainability may not be possible.
There are dozens of factors that affect the body in the weight loss process. In other words, just eating less will help you lose weight, just saying "consume this food and lose weight" is not enough! Weight loss can sometimes stall. Don't immediately say "Oh no, I'm in a stagnation period" here and relax. As I just said, it may not be related to nutrition. Another situation that I frequently encounter in my clients is the inability to lose weight due to the deficiency of some vitamins and minerals in the body. The most important of these is vitamin D.
We have all heard about vitamin D. And that the best source is the sun's rays. When the sun makes itself felt, we think of going out and getting some vitamin D to strengthen our bones. We have always mentioned vitamin D for its effect on bone health. But today I will tell you about its relationship with obesity. Yes, you read it right, vitamin D deficiency is also associated with obesity. Its relationship with obesity, which is the disease of our age, reminds us once again of the importance that should be given to vitamin D.
As most of us know, vitamin D takes part in bone metabolism by regulating calcium and phosphorus metabolism. Studies conducted in recent years have revealed that it has effects on many areas such as cardiovascular health, cancer protection, reducing the risk of autoimmune diseases, and insulin resistance.
Vitamin D deficiency is now considered an important public health problem and is a common health problem in our country. Causes of vitamin D deficiency include insufficient sunlight exposure, nutritional deficiency, diseases that prevent absorption, black lung and kidney diseases and metabolic deficiencies. The causes of vitamin D deficiency, which is more common in obese people are; Less exposure to the outdoors due to limited mobility, basic dietary habits (insufficient consumption of fish, milk, yoghurt and cheese), and nutrition with junk food that is low in Vitamin D. Additionally, since Vitamin D is a fat-soluble molecule, its bioavailability decreases by being retained in fat tissue in obese people. For this reason, although it is in sufficient amount in the body, its serum level can be measured low.
Studies have shown that obesity and metabolic syndrome occur more frequently in low vitamin D levels. High abdominal (abdominal) fat was found to be associated with low serum 25(OH) D level.
In addition, another study observed that vitamin D supplementation had a positive effect in the treatment of obesity with vitamin D deficiency and its associated insulin resistance.
It is controversial between Vitamin D and chronic diseases and especially obesity, whether vitamin D deficiency causes obesity or whether differences in vitamin metabolism along with the obesity development process cause the deficiency. This cause and effect relationship is debatable, but always keep your vitamin D stores full. Speaking of keeping the tanks full, let's briefly talk about how the tanks fill up: Direct contact of the head, face, hands, arms, feet and legs with sunlight for half an hour every day, except in winter, and in addition to this, 1 egg + 2 glasses of water every day in an adequate and balanced nutrition program. Consuming whole milk and its products and fatty fish 1-2 days a week can meet the requirement in adults. Those who cannot meet these conditions should use additional vitamin D.
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