Why Does Saudi Arabia Have Such a Vitamin D Problem?

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Dr. Eric Berg

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🗓️ 26 May 2020

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Today let’s talk about Saudi Arabia and vitamin D.

There was a meta-analysis between 2008 and 2015 that demonstrated that 63.5% of the population had a vitamin D deficiency. On top of that, 19.9% of the population had vitamin D insufficiency (a subclinical vitamin D deficiency). Together, this is 83.4% of the population that had a problem with vitamin D.

Saudi Arabia is also:

• 7th in the world for the rate of getting type 2 diabetes

• 4th in the world for the rate of getting type 1 diabetes

84% of the type of 1 diabetes cases in children showed a vitamin D deficiency. So, why is this such problem in Saudi Arabia? Well, there is traditional clothing typically worn in Saudi Arabia, that blocks the sun. But, there are other factors as well. Only 10% of the vitamin D you get comes from your diet. It’s almost impossible to get all of the vitamin D you need from your diet.

Vitamin D deficiency symptoms:

• Fatigue

• Depression

• Diabetes

• Inflammation

• Aches

• High blood pressure

• Weak immunity

It may be beneficial, especially for those in Saudi Arabia, to start taking vitamin D supplements. If you do take vitamin D supplements, you may also want to take vitamin K2. For every 10,000 IUs of vitamin D3, consider taking 100 mcg of vitamin K2.

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0:00.0	So if you guys have any questions whatsoever about keto or in a minute fasting,
0:04.4	whether you're starting keto as a new person or just need to debug your program or we have a question about a product.
0:10.5	Call one of our keto consultants. They'll be able to help you. Call 5405.7.
0:29.0	Welcome to the Dr. Berg's Healthy Kito and Interminute fasting podcast, where Dr. Berg takes you on the journey for the truth about getting healthy and losing healthy weight. So why is it that the country of Saudi Arabia, which has so much sun exposure,
0:49.4	have such a Vitamin D problem.
0:53.5	There is a meta analysis between 2008 and 2015
0:58.5	that demonstrated a 63.5% of the population having a vitamin D deficiency, okay?
1:08.0	That is crazy high.
1:10.5	But not only that, there was a 19.9% of the population had a vitamin D
1:16.6	insufficiency which is not a full deficiency but they had like a
1:21.7	subclinical vitamin D deficiency. And if we add those two
1:25.3	numbers together, we get 83.4% of the population has a big problem with vitamin D. This is epidemic. They're seventh in the world for the rate of getting diabetes and I'm talking about type 2.
1:41.0	They're fourth in the world at the rate of getting type 1 diabetes,
1:46.6	which is an autoimmune disease.
1:48.9	And by the way, 84% of type 1 diabetes in children showed a vitamin D deficiency.
1:59.0	There's a huge connection.
2:02.0	Now why are they deficient in vitamin D? Well the obvious thing is they
2:06.8	have traditional clothing that blocks the sun and there probably is some other reasons too because once you get diabetes, you're even more deficient.
2:17.3	And there's other factors to like obesity and the amount of fat on your body.'s going to slow things down the amount of
2:23.2	pigment in your skin you have age your digestion so there's many many factors
2:28.8	now what you have to realize is that only 10% of the vitamin D in your body comes from your diet.
2:35.0	It's almost impossible to get all of your vitamin D from your diet.
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