Why governments are selling Vitamin D short

Posted in Avonmore, Nutrition, Sunshine, Super Milk, Vitamin D by admin on December 1st, 2009

In recent years, vitamin D has been going to some exciting places. Reports of new and promising studies seem to emerge almost weekly. A 2007 analysis of vitamin D studies found that individuals with higher vitamin D levels are significantly – as much as 50 per cent – less likely to develop colorectal cancer. Another 2007 study found that women who took 1,100 International Units (IU) of vitamin D per day together with a calcium supplement reduced their overall cancer risk by 60 per cent. And the excitement is not only about cancer prevention. Low vitamin D levels have been linked to an increased risk of osteoporosis, heart disease, multiple sclerosis, type 1 diabetes, depression and rheumatoid arthritis, among other diseases. Perhaps not surprisingly, in light of the other studies, one recent review of the health records of more than 13,000 Americans found that individuals with the lowest vitamin D levels were 26 per cent more likely, in an eight-year period, to die than those with the highest levels.

Experts believe they can prove vitamin D could help millions live longer and be healthier and yet they have not been able to convince their own governments.

Read the full article here.

Source: Sam Apple,Financial Time, Published: October 23 2009 16:56 | Last updated: October 23 2009 16:56