Introduction: Vitamin D deficiency and rickets continue to be health problems in developing countries and most of the infants with congenital rickets may present with hypocalcemic seizure.   Case Report In this article, the report on four infants who presented with hypocalcemic seizures but subsequently were found to have congenital rickets is presented. All of them had hypocalcaemia and low le...

vitamin d deficiency is prevalent in diabetes type 2 and this vitamin may be related to insulin action. this randomized controlled trial study was done to evaluate the effect of vitamin d supplementation on glucose control and insulin resistance in patients with diabetes type 2.participants of this randomized clinical trial study consisted of 28 patients with type 2 diabetes who received 100 mi...

conclusions the study demonstrated that 1000 iu vitamin d supplementation for 3 months can decrease the insulin resistance in individuals with prediabetes; however, it has no significant effect on body fat mass percentage. background low serum levels of vitamin d are supposed to contribute to the incidence of diabetes; therefore, vitamin d supplementation may reduce the incidence of diabetes in...

a 3×3 factorial arrangements experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of fennel extract and vitamin d3 on performance, hatchability, chick quality characteristics and immunity. this experiment was done with using 360 ross 308 broiler breeders after molting (84 - 92 weeks) in a completely randomized design with three levels (0, 50, and 100 mg/kg of diet) of fennel extract and three levels...

The effect of grape seed extract (GSE) feed supplementation on performance, antioxidant enzyme activity, and immune responses in broiler chickens suffering from heat stress were investigated in this study. Experimental diets including control diet (with no additive), 3 levels of GSE (150, 300, 450 mg/kg), and one level of vitamin C (300 mg/kg) as a positive control were fed to the birds from 1 ...

abstract background: vitamin d supplementation has been shown to decrease insulin resistance through which it might cause fatty liver. fatty liver increasingly results in type 2 diabetes mellitus (t2dm). insulin resistance and fatty liver are particularly closely related. the aim of present study is to examine the effect of vitamin d supplementation on blood sugar and different indices of insul...

Vitamin E is a potent reactive oxygen metabolites (ROM) scavenger. It is a lipid-soluble vitamin and its main function is to protect polyunsaturated fatty acids against oxidative stress. Twenty-five mechanically ventilated Intensive Care Unit (ICU) adult patients participated in a prospective randomized clinical trial receiving either placebo (10 patients) or 3 IM doses (1000 IU each) of vitami...

background chronic inflammation is the most important cause of cardiovascular disease in patients undergoing hemodialysis, and vitamin c as a major antioxidant which could be effective to suppress inflammation. objectives this study was performed to evaluate the effect of vitamin c supplementation on c-reactive protein levels in patients undergoing hemodialysis. patients and methods this random...

Using of phytobiotics as fish feed additives have been interestingly increased during the recent decade. The aim of the current study was to evaluate the effect of individual and combined level of thyme and vitamin E in common carp. Juveniles were separately fed by four distinct diets including control (commercial diet without any additive), supplemented with 1% ground Shirazi thyme, supplement...

background: hypercholesterolemia is one of the risk factors of cardiovascular diseases. it affects general health and increases cardiovascular mortality rate. diet with high cholesterol increases ldl that, inturn, decrease ldl receptors activity in liver. oxidation of vessel wall lipoproteins increases development of atherosclerosis. several evidences suggest that antioxidants consumption decre...