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	<title>Comments on: Postinflammatory Hyperpigmentation: A Review of the Epidemiology, Clinical Features, and Treatment Options in Skin of Color</title>
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		<title>By: Lere</title>
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		<description>Re pigmentation and vitamin D.
 The huge state of the art July 2010 study &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20541252&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Common genetic determinants of vitamin D insufficiency: a genome-wide association study&lt;/a&gt; found that none of the genes they identified are linked with skin pigmentation.

Confirmation of that interpretation in an article &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/5585/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Here&lt;/a&gt; :- ” the accompanying (Lancet) editorial points out, it is somewhat surprising that none of the genes identified are linked with skin pigmentation”
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&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20363324&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;A systematic review of the association between common single nucleotide polymorphisms and 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations&lt;/a&gt;
&quot;We speculate that recently identified U-shaped relationships between 25OHD concentrations and disease outcomes (i.e. increased risk at both high and low concentrations) may reflect a mixture of genotype-defined subgroups.&quot;


&#039;Genetics to Blame for Vitamin D Deficiency?&#039;
&quot;Researchers conducted a genome-wide association study (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20541252&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Common genetic determinants of vitamin D insufficiency: a genome-wide association study&lt;/a&gt;) that involved almost 34,000 people of European descent from 15 different studies. They used radioimmunoassay and mass spectrometry to determine vitamin D concentrations and found that variants at three genetic sites, or &quot;loci,&quot; were significantly associated with vitamin D concentrations. The presence of harmful alleles at three &quot;loci&quot; more than doubled the risk of Vitamin D insufficiency.&quot;

Maybe non-whites are the ones who benefit from doubling their vitamin D levels ? Nope - &lt;a href=&quot;http://jcem.endojournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/95/3/1076&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Vitamin D, Adiposity, and Calcified Atherosclerotic Plaque in African-Americans&lt;/a&gt; &quot;positive associations exist between 25-hydroxyvitamin D and aorta and carotid artery CP in African-Americans&quot;

Many people are naturally low in vitamin D, forcing vitamin D levels up by taking supplements can only do harm. If you think you can improve yor health by conforming to the advice of Holick or - God forbid - that of Hollis, Cannel &amp; Co at the vitamin D &#039;Council&#039; who recommend (&gt;50ng/ml) then you are in for an unpleasant surprise.

&lt;a href=&quot;http://evoandproud.blogspot.com/2009/06/vitamin-d-and-homeostasis.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Vitamin D and homeostasis&lt;/a&gt; 

&lt;a href=&quot;http://evoandproud.blogspot.com/2009/06/mad-dogs-and.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Mad dogs and .... &lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Re pigmentation and vitamin D.<br />
 The huge state of the art July 2010 study <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20541252" rel="nofollow">Common genetic determinants of vitamin D insufficiency: a genome-wide association study</a> found that none of the genes they identified are linked with skin pigmentation.</p>
<p>Confirmation of that interpretation in an article <a href="http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/5585/" rel="nofollow">Here</a> :- ” the accompanying (Lancet) editorial points out, it is somewhat surprising that none of the genes identified are linked with skin pigmentation”<br />
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<p><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20363324" rel="nofollow">A systematic review of the association between common single nucleotide polymorphisms and 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations</a><br />
&#8220;We speculate that recently identified U-shaped relationships between 25OHD concentrations and disease outcomes (i.e. increased risk at both high and low concentrations) may reflect a mixture of genotype-defined subgroups.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8216;Genetics to Blame for Vitamin D Deficiency?&#8217;<br />
&#8220;Researchers conducted a genome-wide association study (<a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20541252" rel="nofollow">Common genetic determinants of vitamin D insufficiency: a genome-wide association study</a>) that involved almost 34,000 people of European descent from 15 different studies. They used radioimmunoassay and mass spectrometry to determine vitamin D concentrations and found that variants at three genetic sites, or &#8220;loci,&#8221; were significantly associated with vitamin D concentrations. The presence of harmful alleles at three &#8220;loci&#8221; more than doubled the risk of Vitamin D insufficiency.&#8221;</p>
<p>Maybe non-whites are the ones who benefit from doubling their vitamin D levels ? Nope &#8211; <a href="http://jcem.endojournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/95/3/1076" rel="nofollow">Vitamin D, Adiposity, and Calcified Atherosclerotic Plaque in African-Americans</a> &#8220;positive associations exist between 25-hydroxyvitamin D and aorta and carotid artery CP in African-Americans&#8221;</p>
<p>Many people are naturally low in vitamin D, forcing vitamin D levels up by taking supplements can only do harm. If you think you can improve yor health by conforming to the advice of Holick or &#8211; God forbid &#8211; that of Hollis, Cannel &amp; Co at the vitamin D &#8216;Council&#8217; who recommend (&gt;50ng/ml) then you are in for an unpleasant surprise.</p>
<p><a href="http://evoandproud.blogspot.com/2009/06/vitamin-d-and-homeostasis.html" rel="nofollow">Vitamin D and homeostasis</a> </p>
<p><a href="http://evoandproud.blogspot.com/2009/06/mad-dogs-and.html" rel="nofollow">Mad dogs and &#8230;. </a></p>
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