Vitamin D deficient?? Are you getting enough sun, or is it because of your genetics?

Here is another interesting study presented at the recent American Neurological Association conference.....

"Genetics May Solve Puzzle of MS and Vitamin D"
http://www.medpagetoday.com/masters-of-medicine/neurology-mastery-in-ms/60862

"Our project was to look at the genetic drivers of vitamin D levels – the polymorphisms that are associated with serum vitamin D levels," Graves explained. "These are things that you are born with; that's the card that you are dealt."
She said a lot of discussion about vitamin D revolves around whether levels are low because a person with multiple sclerosis doesn't get in the sun enough due to the weight of disability. She said her look at the genetic underpinnings of vitamin D levels "hopefully puts you upstream of confounding factors."

Polymorphisms in pediatric MS patients indicate higher relapse likelihood