Want to Die Young? Don't Get Enough Vitamin D
I'm not a vitamin person. Though my husband believes in everything from saw palmetto to garlic to that stuff people take for their knee cartilage. But now I'm thinking about taking vitamin D . That's because a new study has found that a vitamin D deficiency has been linked to cardiovascular and even cancer deaths. You're probably skeptical like I am. Today it's a savior, tomorrow it's discredited. Like the vitamins above. But several new studies are pointing to the fact that this vitamin is different. "A vitamin D boost may prevent early death from heart disease and cancer, according to a large scale study by Mount Sinai and a consortium of international collaborators, newswise.com reports. Research has showed a strong association between low vitamin D levels and risk of death in general, as well as death from cardiovascular diseases, and from cancer, at least in older people with a history of cancer. Past studies have linked Vitamin D ...