More research is needed to find out why, but a new study is finding links between Bisphenol and other endocrine-disrupting chemicals may reduce levels of vitamin D in the bloodstream. EDC’s are common and are already linked to such things as obesity, diabetes, and infertility. Still, this is the first time EDC’s have been linked to vitamin D levels in adults.
Key Takeaways:
- “Nearly every person on the planet is exposed to BPA and another class of endocrine-disrupting chemicals called phthalates, so the possibility that these chemicals may even slightly reduce vitamin D levels has widespread implications for public health,” said the study’s first author, Lauren Johns, MPH, a PhD candidate at the University of Michigan School of Public Health in Ann Arbor, MI.
- “The study examined data from 4,667 adults who participated in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) between 2005 and 2010.”
- “More research is needed into why an association exists, but it is possible that EDCs alter the active form of vitamin D in the body through some of the same mechanisms that they use to impact similar reproductive and thyroid hormones,” said Professor John D. Meeker, MS, ScD, senior author of the study.
“”The study found people who were exposed to larger amounts of phthalates were more likely to have low levels of vitamin D in the bloodstream than the participants who were exposed to smaller amounts of the EDCs””
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/09/160920130828.htm