Vitamin D has a strong protective action on Multiple Sclerosis, one of the most important demyelinating diseases. Today this illness is thought to have immunological-inflammatory origins. Even without directly supplementing the Vitamin, getting out into the sun and moving offers an excellent solution for prevention and therapy.

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Just a few days before Christmas, like a lovely gift, JAMA published the results of an important scientific work that rekindled the hopes of many and encouraged reflection.

The American researchers (Munger KL, et al JAMA 2006 Dec 20;296(23):2832-8) were able to analyze an archive of as many as 7 million people, highlighting the cases with the illness and identifying two control cases for each one.

The study revealed data of enormous impact, especially with regard to persons of the white race: higher values of plasmic Vitamin D were correlated to a significant reduction in risk of the disease. This data was even stronger when the age of the affected person was below 20 years.

In particolar modo nella razza bianca, è emerso un dato di alto impatto: valori più elevati di Vitamina D plasmatica erano correlati a una notevole riduzione del rischio di malattia. Questo dato era ancora più forte quando l'età delle persone malate era inferiore ai 20 anni.

The considerations that arise from this new knowledge focus our attention once more on Calcium, physical exercise and spending time out of doors. We could tell you that if you have a history of a form of demyelinating disease in your family you could take a few drops of activated dehydrocholecalciferol, but we prefer to advise you to go out and run, move around and absorb some sunlight!

Nature, too, is an excellent teacher when it wants to be and in this case it simply urges us to have direct contact with the sun and air, but most of all to keep our children out in the open air. The generation that is from 0 to 23 years old today is vaccinated against Hepatitis B, and is thus statistically more at risk to contract the disease. Take your children outside to play sports together. It's not only a means of staying in shape: it helps, it truly does, keep your immune system healthy.

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