IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) - a condition in which no known cause and currently no known cure- has been linked with lack of vitamin D by the experts.
Researchers at the University of Sheffield in the UK connected IBS to vitamin D deficiency. It is thought that these two have a connection. The latest discovery that can possibly provide insight to the health community has been published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ).
The study was conducted to 51 individuals with IBS. Surprisingly, researchers found out that 82% of the participants had insufficient vitamin D levels.
Talking about their latest study, Dr Bernard Corfe, the leading author of the study by the University of Sheffield's Molecular Gastroenterology Research Group said, "Our work has shown that most IBS sufferers in our trial had insufficient levels of vitamin D. Furthermore, there was an association between vitamin D status and the sufferer's perceived quality of life."
British researcher Vicky Grant had corroborated the research by describing her own experience to BMJ. She as well suffers the condition and admitted that she "wasn't really expecting the vitamin D supplements to work" as she tried many other treatments before but it failed to cure her.
However, she said she experienced a significant improvement after taking a high dose of vitamin D3 five years ago. Grant said she's not cured yet, but the supplementation provide a staggering improvement on her IBS. She also talked with other patients via online and found out that there are many individuals said they experienced the improvement after taking vitamin D.
Sheffield University Medical School plans to continue their research by analyzing the effects of vitamin D3 on 100 patients with the IBS condition. If the study succeed, this could be the first ever treatment for the condition which up until now no known cure yet.
