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More Reasons to Take Vitamin D

   The clinical pearl for this month is that it is time to start taking your vitamin D if you haven’t started already.  Look at what these following studies say about vitamin D.

   In a study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, Aug. 27, /08, 1,900 women were studied.  It was found that increasing levels of vitamin D from sunlight or diet was found to be associated with decreased risk of breast cancer.

   Another study of 769 men and women published in Osteoporosis International, Sept. 19,/08, found lower levels of vitamin D may be associated with poorer physical function in women.  This may explain how vitamin D supplementation reduces falls and fractures.

   Finally, a study in Archives of Internal Medicine, 2008, looked at 13,331 adults over 20 years of age, found that after 8.7 years there was a 26% increased rate of all causes of death in the subjects with the lowest blood levels of vitamin D.

   Every month, there are more studies supporting the need for supplementing vitamin D.  If you are not sure whether you are taking enough, ask your medical doctor for a blood test of your 25 hydroxyvitamin D.  It should be around 100.