Less Vitamin D Risk of Diabetes

Research experts back links between low levels of vitamin D with a higher risk of type 2 diabetes and heart disease. In research released at the annual meeting of The Endocrine Society in Houston, researchers found an inverse relationship between vitamin D levels in the blood with the metabolic syndrome, which is a group of risk factors for heart disease and type 2 diabetes.
Researchers reported that those with the highest levels of vitamin D in their blood had a 48 percent lower risk of having metabolic syndrome than people with the lowest vitamin D levels.
"This association has been documented before, but we are expanding our research association for people from racial and ethnic backgrounds are diverse," says lead researcher, Joanna Mitri, MD, a researcher at Tufts Medical Center, Boston.