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A study at Pennsylvania State University on Mice showed that there is a connection between Vitamin D deficiency and Ulcerative Colitis. Vit D deficiency was shown to worsen Colitis symptoms, and also treatment with Vit D for only two weeks brought about an improvement.

Vitamin D deficiency is also known to be more common in people who have inflammatory bowel disease. There is also research showing that Vitamin D helps in other autoimmune conditions like MS and Arthritis.

So why do people become deficient? Well we primarily produce our own Vitamin D from sunlight and the further you live from the equator the more likely you are to become deficient. There is also a correlation between incidences of Autoimmune diseases and the amount of sunlight people get.

Therefore more sunshine is a great idea, but in winter we need other ways to get it.

Oily fish are a good source of vitamin D, and you can take supplements as well. Apparently we need about 30mcg a day and if you eat a few portions of oily fish a week and get some sun every day for half an hour that should give you about 15mcg. Therefore supplementing with 15mcg of Vitamin D a day seems to be a good idea.

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