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A big study in the U.S. has some hopeful news for anyone worried about autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis or psoriasis.

This study investigated the effect of a 12-month vitamin D supplementation on cognitive function and amyloid beta (Aβ)-related biomarkers in patients with Alzheimer's disease (Jia J, et.al., 2019). The research was randomized, double-blind, and placebo controlled. 210 patients were divided into either a treatment group which took 800 IU of...

In this study the researchers examined structural MRI data and vitamin D levels in 1,865 people from the general population (Terock J, et.al., 2022). They investigated whether low vitamin D levels were associated with imaging patterns of brain aging, gray matter volumes, whole brain volumes and hippocampus volumes.   Vitamin...

  Magnesium is important for activating vitamin D and has a protective role against oxidative stress, both are important for a healthy immune response (DiNicolantonio JJ, O'Keefe JH, 2021). Vitamin D is also important for reducing the risk of upper respiratory tract infections. Magnesium deficiency increases endothelial cell susceptibility to...

Numerous studies have documented the health benefits of vitamin D The study reviewed assessed the association of vitamin D and the risk of colorectal cancer (Ma Y, et al. 2011). Approximately 1,000,000 participants from several countries were included in the analysis which included both vitamin D intake and blood levels...

Low vitamin D levels are commonly found with obesity. The first study reviewed here investigated the effect of weight loss through diet and exercise on serum levels of vitamin D (Mason, et al. 2011). Vitamin D concentration was measured at the start of the study and 12 months later. The...

Vitamin D has been found to be important for numerous reasons. In a recent study it was also documented that women who had a higher blood level of 25 hydroxyvitamin D lost more body fat when compared with women with a lower 25 hydroxyvitamin D level (Ortega RM, et al,...