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Hi, this is Dr. Rucho, and let's discuss when vitamin D supplementation does not help with

thyroid on immunity. We've discussed a number of studies in the past, two

specifically that have shown supplementation with vitamin D can help to decrease thyroid

antibodies. So that's great. That's good news. But let's talk about a study that was recently

published that showed that vitamin D supplementation did not help and had no effect on thyroid

autoimmunity.

I'll put the abstract of the study up here on the screen entitled, Effect of Vitamin D deficiency

treatment on thyroid function and autoimmunity markers in Hashimoto's thyroiditis, a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial.

Okay? And let's go into just a couple of the details here. Fifty-six patients with Hashimoto,

thyroid immune, and vitamin D deficiency. And they define vitamin D deficiency as below 20 nanograms and essentially half

these patients were put on vitamin D the other half were given a placebo and they were followed.

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