Ways to correct vitamin D deficiency in population

V.M. Kodentsova¹, D.V. Risnik²

¹Federal Research Centre of Nutrition, Biotechnology and Food Safety, Russian Federation

²Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russian Federation

Vitamin D is essential for the functioning of all organs and systems. Its deficiency is a risk factor for many extra-skeletal diseases. Vitamin D deficiency or inadequate level is detected in 60–92% of adults examined. A higher daily intake of this vitamin is necessary to achieve an adequate level of this vitamin in the blood. Thus, there was a need to increase the recommended daily intake of calciferol for adults up to 15 µg, for elderly — up to 20 µg. An effective way to eliminate nutritional deficiency is mandatory vitamin D fortification of food products (milk, butter, bread). Due to the lack of a sufficient enriched products number, Russians should take additional doses of this vitamin, however, the doses should not be excessively high. Vitamin D, depending on the dose and excipients, can be registered as a drug or dietary supplement. Its efficacy does not depend on the marketing auth orization form, dose, but  efficacy  depends on administration type and duration, initial vitamin D  sufficiency, as well as the sufficiency with other vitamins involved in the vitamin D metabolism.

Keywords: vitamin D, vitamin D deficiency, food products enriched with vitamin D, vitamin D pharmacological forms, efficacy.

For citation: Kodentsova V.M., Risnik D.V. Ways to correct vitamin D deficiency in population. RMJ. 2020;1:29–34.