Live Longer With Vitamin D

A study at the Wake Forest School of Medicine carried out for 8.5 years found that older Americans with low vitamin D levels were 50 percent more likely to die during the research than those with adequate amounts.

The analysis also found that a third of the subjects didn’t get enough vitamin D.

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“We all know that good nutrition is important to overall health and our study adds to a growing body of literature that underscores the importance of vitamin D and indicates that poor vitamin D nutrition is widespread. The good news is it’s easy to improve vitamin D status either through increased skin exposure to sunlight or through diet or supplements.”