The D2d Trial: Can Vitamin D Prevent Diabetes?

Scientists in America are undertaking a national clinical trial to investigate if Vitamin D can help to delay, or even prevent, type 2 diabetes. Beckie Port | Tuesday 29 October 2013 Over the last few years evidence has come to light that Vitamin D supplements may prevent the development of type 2 diabetes. In the UK, there are 2.9 million people affected by diabetes and 90% of them have type 2 diabetes; this type of diabetes is caused when the body produces insufficient insulin to reduce blood sugar levels, or when cells no longer respond...

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The UK's Vitamin D 'Epidemic'

How is your lifestyle and diet affecting you health? This week is national vitamin D awareness weeks and news today reports that the UK appears to be in the middle of an 'epidemic' that has left up to 90% of the population deficient for Vitamin D and at risk of bone disease. Beckie Port | Friday 24 October 2013 The discovery of the extent of our nations vitamin deficiency follows a five-fold increase in the number of case of rickets in the last 15 years. Rickets, a bone deforming disease that is caused by vitamin D deficiency, was...

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