Monday, December 09, 2013

Vit-D

Large Review Casts Cloud Over Vitamin-D Health Benefits

Nancy A. Melville
December 05, 2013
Low concentrations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D) are most likely an effect of health disorders and not a cause of illness, concludes a comprehensive review of observational studies and randomized clinical trials of vitamin-D status and health outcomes published online December 6 in Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology.
The new analysis, which included 290 prospective cohort studies of adults aged 18 years or older, showed moderate to strong associations between lower concentrations of 25(OH)D and higher risk for conditions ranging from cardiovascular disease to infectious disease, glucose-metabolism disorders, and mood disorders./.../

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