Recent evidence on vitamin D’s ability to suppress atopic diseases, which focuses on food allergies and asthma and possible underlying mechanisms. The prevalence of allergic diseases is growing globally. The state of sun exposure and consumption of Vitamin D is affected. Vitamin D deficiency is associated with elevated allergy and asthma. These correlations in early life are commonly greatest. These connections may be largely driven by the capacity of vitamin D to improve antimicrobial pathways, foster peripheral immunological tolerance and preserve integrity of the mucosal barrier. The ability of vitamin D supplementation in utero and in early life to mitigate disease occurrence has been discussed through interventional research. In additional analyses, possible biological pathways related to these results were gathered.

The study shows an inverse connection between levels of vitamin D and food allergy and asthma growth. Secondary analyses of two new interventional trials indicate that vitamin D sufficiency decreases the rate of asthma-recurrent wheeze to 3 years during breastfeeding. Longitudinal research on utero and postnatal needs of vitamin D, a greater understanding of the factors that affect vitamin D bioavailability and a mechanistic understanding of the impact of vitamin D on the neonatal pathways are anticipated.

Reference: https://journals.lww.com/co-allergy/Abstract/2020/04000/Vitamin_D__can_the_sun_stop_the_atopic_epidemic_.16.aspx

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