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Home » Home » Supplements for Glaucoma » Is low vitamin-D associated with glaucoma?What Are Your Optimal Vitamin D Levels?
It is helpful to distinguish among Vitamin D deficiency, sufficiency, and an optimal level, although there’s some difference of professional opinion regarding each. FitEyes member Ken Rogers contributed the following information to a recent discussion on our email list. Research research published in the journal article Public Health Nutr. (2014 Apr;17(4):833-43) suggests that vitamin D deficiency should be considered as a potential risk factor for the development of open angle glaucoma. These are the Vitamin D levels several different experts suggest. Notice that the Vitamin D level can be reported in two ways: ng/ml or nmol/l. Translated, ng/ml is ‘nanograms per millileter’ and nmol/l is ‘nanomoles per liter’. Don’t get confused by these differences in units. It's similar to the difference between degrees Fahrenheit and degrees Celsius: you have two different numbers, but only one real temperature. Pick one system and use it. Don't compare one scale to the other without adjusting. The table below uses ng/ml.
Normal Vitamin D Level Recommendations |
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Minimum Optimal (ng/ml) | High End of Optimum (ng/ml) | Toxic Level (ng/ml) | |
Bruce Hollis(ng/ml) | 32 | >250 | |
Vitamin D Council (ng/ml) | 50 | 80 | |
Vitamin D, A Neglected ‘Analgesic’ for Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain(ng/ml) | 30 | 50 | >150 |
Dr. Mercola (ng/ml) | 50 | 65 | >100 (excess) |
The Use of Vitamin D in Clinical Practice (ng/ml) | 40 | 70 | > 150 |
Neurologist Stasha Gominak, MD | 60 | 80 |
It is quite possible that there are two levels of vitamin D sufficiency. One level requires that the serum vitamin D 25 hydroxy levels be at least 20 ng/mL to satisfy the body's requirement for… calcium absorption, bone calcium mobilization and bone mineralization. The second level may need higher circulating levels of vitamin D 25 hydroxy for maximum cellular health...
Prior 'normal' vitamin D 25 hydroxy lab values were 20-56 ng/ml. The authors of the above article suggest the Minimal Optimal vitamin D 25 hydroxy values are now 45-50 ng/ml. Here are a few related articles for further reading:
- Interview of one of the leading Vitamin D researchers and clinicians in the world, Michael Holick, M.D., Ph.D., author of The Vitamin D Solution
- Dr. L. Ray Matthews Unleashes the Power of Vitamin D - Life Extension
- The Vitamin D Solution – Life Extension
- Michael F. Holick: The Pioneer of Vitamin D Research – Life Extension
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