This document discusses vitamin D and its importance for women's health. It begins by introducing Dr. Nupur Gupta and her women's health clinic. It then discusses vitamin D's role in many aspects of women's health, including pregnancy, menstruation, cancer prevention, and more. It explains that vitamin D deficiency is common, especially in women, children, the elderly, and those with limited sun exposure. The document provides information on daily requirements, testing levels, food sources, supplements, and toxicity risks of too much vitamin D. It encourages connecting with the women's health clinic for more information.

1. VITAMIN D &
WOMEN’S
HEALTH
Dr NUPUR GUPTA,
Founder, Well Woman
Clinic
Director, Dept Obs
Gynae
Fortis Memorial
Research Institute,
Gurgaon

2. WOMEN HEALTH & WELLNESS
Adolescent Health
Menstrual Health &
Hygiene
Premarital Health
Sexual Health
Prepregnancy Health
Pregnancy Health
Postpartum Health
Preventive Health
Thyroid Health
Gynecological Health
Menopausal Health

3. One Stop Solution For Women Healthcare
Needs
IPD & OPD SERVICES (24x7)
High Risk & Complicated Cases
Gynecological Emergencies
Minimally Invasive Gynecology
Holistic H2H Care
USP

4. Sunshine Vitamin:
Everyone Needs
 One of the most
controversial
nutrients

5. What is the
daily
requirement?
Recommended Daily
Allowance
Infants – 200 to 400 IU
Children – 400 to 600 IU
Adult - 600 IU
Elderly - 800 IU
Normal: 30-100 ng/ml

6. What is a
healthy level
of Vitamin
D?
Less than 30: DEFICIENT
30-50: INADEQUATE
More than 50: ADEQUATE
More than 125: HIGH

7. How do we get Vitamin D?
Sun Food Supplements

8. Sunlight
 Skin epidermis
(sunlight UVB Rays &
dehydrocholesterol)

9. How can we
fulfill our daily
requirements?
Best time 11am – 3pm
Minimum 40 min daily exposure
20% body parts

10. What are the
Rich Food
Sources?
 Cod liver oil
 Fish – Salmon, sardines
 Fortified milk, egg yolk
 Fortified yogurt, mushrooms
 Fortified soy products,
 Oysters & fortified cereals

11. HOME REMEDIES
FENUGREEK SEEDS (METHI
DANA SOAK 1 TSP
OVERNIGHT)
TURMERIC (HALDI) ALMOND IN MILK EXERCISE

12. Why is Bioavailability low?
GI liquids – chemical instability, poor solubility,
slow absorption
Less exposure – lack of time &
lack of open spaces

13. SUPPLEMENTS
SOFT GELATIN CAPSULE, SACHET, DROPS

14. Who is
Deficient?
 Almost everyone
 Fat malabsorption, anticonvulsant use,
chronic kidney disease, & obesity
 Dark-skinned people, women using
sunscreen lotions
 People from urban & polluted areas, those
areas with thick layer of ozone
 GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION (higher
altitude, North India (Himalayas)

15. Who is more
Deficient?
 Children (growing age)
 Women (pregnancy &
menstruation)
 Elderly (less cholesterol in the
skin)

16. How do we suspect
deficiency?

17. FIRST……………….
BONE PAIN & MUSCLE WEAKNESS

18. SECOND…
……….
CONSTANT FATIGUE
& TIREDNESS

19. THIRD………….
MOOD SWINGS,
FEELING OF
SADNESS &
DEPRESSION

20. FOURTH………….
 Rickets & osteomalacia
 Osteoporosis

21. Vitamin D3
& Calcium

22. Vitamin D in
Gynaecology
 Endometriosis (improves
dysmenorrhoea)
 Assisted reproduction (improves
conception rate)
 Ovarian & breast cancer
(protective effect)
 PCOS (Polycystic Ovarian
Syndrome)

23. Vitamin D in
Pregnancy
 Prevents Gestational Diabetes
Mellitus
 Prevents preeclampsia
 Prevents low birthweight & risk of
severe PPH
 Increases risk of preterm birth
 Prevents autism

24. Emerging
Role
 Immunity & immune disorders
(rheumatoid arthritis, multiple
sclerosis)
 Diabetes (regulates insulin
levels), metabolic syndrome,
 skin disease (psoriasis), hair loss

25. Emerging
Role
 Prevention of cancer, osteoporosis
 Lung function, Hypertension
 Cardiovascular health & disease,
 Management of obesity (WEIGHT LOSS)
 Psychiatric diseases

26. TOXICITY:
HYPERVITAMINOSIS/
Hypercalcemia
Mild
Nausea, vomiting, weakness,
frequent urination
Severe
- Brittle bones, bone pain
- kidney problems (calcium stones)
- irregular heart beat & heart attack

27. CONNECT
WITH US
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ANTENATAL CLASSES
FACEBOOK (PCOS) – PCOS CLINIC
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