I recently found out I have a pretty serious vitamin D deficiency - I am around a 7 and the low end of normal is 30.

Would never have considered a connection to PD except that I just skimmed an article that posited a role for vitamin D deficiency in MS.

And just saw reverett's Vitamin D3/GDNF post (though haven't had time to read the thread so please forgive me if this subject has come up there) so i just thought i would throw iit out there and see if anyone else has a vitamin D deficiency.

Thanks,
B

http://www.webmd.com/parkinsons-dise...-to-parkinsons

Low Vitamin D Level Tied to Parkinson's
Study: Vitamin D Insufficiency Often Accompanies Parkinson's Disease
By Miranda Hitti
WebMD Health NewsReviewed by Louise Chang, MDOct. 13, 2008 -- Parkinson's disease patients may be particularly likely to have low blood levels of vitamin D.


They studied 100 Parkinson's disease patients, 100 Alzheimer's disease patients, and 100 healthy adults of the same age as the Parkinson's and Alzheimer's patients.

Participants provided blood samples, which showed vitamin D insufficiency in 55% of the Parkinson's disease patients, compared to 41% of the Alzheimer's patients and 36% of the healthy participants....


The findings held regardless of people's age, gender, and presence or absence of an Alzheimer's-related mutation in the APOE gene.

The study was a snapshot in time -- it doesn't prove that low levels of vitamin D cause Parkinson's disease or that taking vitamin D would help prevent Parkinson's....