{"id":6787,"date":"2022-09-13T10:59:44","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T10:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthlibrary.info\/vitamin-d-preserves-beta-cell-function-in-children-with-type-1-diabetes\/"},"modified":"2022-09-13T10:59:50","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T10:59:50","slug":"vitamin-d-preserves-beta-cell-function-in-children-with-type-1-diabetes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthlibrary.info\/vitamin-d-preserves-beta-cell-function-in-children-with-type-1-diabetes\/","title":{"rendered":"Vitamin D preserves beta cell function in children with type 1 diabetes"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Summary<\/h3>\n<p>This study, executed by the University of Teheran, Iran, and a university in Malaysia, aimed to demonstrate that a variant of vitamin D (alfacalcidol) preserves beta cell function in children newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. Beta cells in the pancreas produce and release insulin in response to blood glucose levels. 61 subjects were randomized into an intervention and a control group. The intervention group received alfacalcidol (0.25 \u00b5g) twice daily, while the control group received a placebo. Beta cell function, vitamin D levels, and long-term glucose levels (HbA1c) were assessed during the study. This study confirmed that this variant of vitamin D can safely preserve the function of insulin-producing cells (beta cells) in children with type 1 diabetes. No adverse effects were observed. More details can be found in the study.<\/p>\n<h3>References<\/h3>\n<p>Ataie-Jafari et al.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><a style=\"color: #5aadcb;\" href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/23395257\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link to article &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary This study, executed by the University of Teheran, Iran, and a university in Malaysia, aimed to demonstrate that a variant of vitamin D (alfacalcidol) preserves beta cell function in children newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. Beta cells in the pancreas produce and release insulin in response to blood glucose levels. 61 subjects were&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[300],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthlibrary.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6787"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthlibrary.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthlibrary.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthlibrary.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthlibrary.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6787"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthlibrary.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6787\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7140,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthlibrary.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6787\/revisions\/7140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthlibrary.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthlibrary.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthlibrary.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}