Vitamin D Shows Heart Benefits in Study

SHOOT: Vitamin D deficiency can be quite serious to your heart, and to your health. How to check. This is very complicated, but takeall your clothes off and look into a mirror. if a pale alien creature appears, and is so white it hurts your eyes, rush outside immediately so that sunshine touches your skin. Clothing optional for the last part.

clipped from well.blogs.nytimes.com And population studies of humans found higher rates of coronary heart disease and hypertension the further people live from the equator. Vitamin D deficiency is rare in tropical settings because of the strong sunlight, which promotes creation of the vitamin in the skin. People who were vitamin D deficient were also twice as likely to have diabetes and tended to have more high blood pressure. But being vitamin D deficient was an independent risk factor for poor outcomes, regardless of other risk factors like diabetes, Dr. Muhlestein said. “Vitamin D deficiency is very common in this country and other developed countries in northern latitudes, where people don’t get much sunlight and spend most of their time indoors.” Doctors warn that anyone concerned about vitamin D levels should check with a doctor and have blood tests run. Vitamin D supplements are inexpensive and sold over the counter, but excessive amounts of vitamin D can be toxic.