Dr. Grant on vitamin D and mortality in VitaminDWiki

Here are just a few of the papers by Dr. Grant at VitaminDWiki

Vitamin D and mortality by Dr. Grant

• Mortality reduced if Vitamin D levels raised to 30 ng ( Middle East this time) - Grant Oct 2022
• Mortality reduced by 35 percent if everyone had 50 ng of vitamin D - Grant Oct 2021
• Winter vs summer in US – 25 percent more deaths, 16 percent less vitamin D – Oct 2017
• All cause mortality and follow-up time - April 2012
• 40 ng Vitamin D perhaps optimal for reduced mortality – Meta-analysis Jan 2012 Dr. Grant
• In Defense of the Sun – reduce 400000 premature deaths – 2009
• Mortality and vitamin D – Germany 2009
• Estimate of reduced Nordic mortality if increase UV or vitamin D – Sept 2010
• Mortality and Cancer varies with latitude in France too – 2010
• Recommend 2500-4000 IU per day to reduce all-cause mortality by 18%– Grant Netherlands April 2010
• Mortality and Cancer varies with latitude in France too – 2010
• Hypothesis – Mozart died from lack of vitamin D – June 2011
• Should increase life expectancy by 2 years if double vitamin D levels – July 2011
• Motality varies with latitude in the UK – Feb 2011
• Google search = mortality grant (WB OR William) 1090 items as of April 2018 (includes references to his papers)
• Mortality and vitamin D Dr. Grant co-authored the following chart

Just Vitamin D by Dr. Grant

• Search VitaminDWiki for "W * grant" OR "William grant" 875 items as of Nov 2016
• Low Vitamin D in Mongolia, supplementing would save lives (20 percent have rickets) – Oct 2019
• Increasing the vitamin D level of all Canadians to 40 ng would save 6 to 18 billion dollars a year – Grant Nov 2016
• Bibliography of Black-White health disparities linked to vitamin D - Dr. Grant March 2017
• Solar UVB reduces Cancer Risk – Grant, Jan 2013
• Strength of vitamin D evidence – Dr. Grant letter to editor July 2012
• Vitamin D overview by Grant - Jan 2011 - Requirements for Vitamin D Across the Life Span
• Evidence for Vitamin D - Grant Aug 2011
• Is the Institute of Medicine Report on Calcium and Vitamin D Good Science - Jan 2011
• Need 30-60 ng of vitamin D for good health – Grant Jan 2011
• Increase vitamin D in Germany could save 18000 lives annually
• Vitamin D could save More than 10,000 Canadian lives annually
• Brain cancer in 175 countries related to low UVB and low vitamin D – Oct 2010
• Some cancer due to low UV – Grant – April 2010
• Economic burden of premature deaths due to vitamin D de?ciency in Canada PDF file
• Each 10 ng increase in vitamin D decreased kidney disease death by 14 percent – May 2011
  • Vitamin D Status and Mortality Risk in CKD: A Meta-analysis of Prospective Studies
• Cardiovascular disease may be reduced by vitamin D – June 2011
• Missing molar and 12X increase in breast cancer – probable vitamin D link Aug 2011
• Top 25 Vitamin D papers in 2020 - Grant has links to reviews in previous years

See also VitaminDWiki

• Increased heart attacks in the winter may be due to lack of sunshine – Nov 2012
• Not just elderly: for 180,000 adults, death rate 2X higher if low vitamin D – May 2012
• All items in Far from Equator 124 items
  • Equator has recently been getting vitamin D deficient diseases - especially in the very hot summer
• All items in category Mortality and Vitamin D 320 items
• Vitamin D with Calcium reduces mortality by 7 percent – meta-analysis May 2012
• Pap smears add 3 days, vitamin D adds 2 years

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Vitamin D Video 53 minutes with text and PDFs – Grant Oct 2017

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Presentation by Dr. Grant Dec 2014

 Download the PDF from VitaminDWiki

Video is on YouTube

Some of the slides from the presentation