Vitamin D - - Do Not Ignore this Important Vitiamin

High Vitamin D, Lower Risks of Heart Disease, Diabetes

That's the word from British researchers who published a review of 28 studies compiling information on more than 99,000 middle aged and elderly men and women. The investigators from Warwick University found that those study subjects whose vitamin D levels were highest had a much lower risk of developing "cardiometabolic" disorders including cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome than those whose vitamin D levels were lowest. The differences were striking: the men and women with high vitamin D levels had a risk of cardiovascular disease that was 33 percent lower than that of participants with the lowest levels. The reviewers found an even more impressive difference in the risk of type 2 diabetes: those with the highest levels of "D" had a risk that was 55 percent lower than those with the lowest levels. Risks of metabolic syndrome were also substantially lower in the men and women with high levels of "D" - 51 percent below those of participants with the lowest levels. The review was published in the March 2010 issue of the journal Maturitas.

Andrew Weil, MD

Tip: Reread my blogs regarding Vitamin D starting on Oct. 24, 2009. http://washmyface.blogspot.com/