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Are vitamin d deficiency and high hemoglobin levels related?

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Dr. Andrew Lipton answered

Specializes in Holistic Medicine

Vit D: No, vitamin d , is a hormone and does help with metabolism but deficiency does not cause elevated hemoglobin.

Answered 7/18/2014

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