Low Vitamin D May Be Deadly

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Low Vitamin D May Be Deadly

Thursday, November 19, 2009

- Byron Richards, CCN

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A new study presented this week at the American Heart Association's

Scientific Conference in Orlando, Florida paints a rather grim picture for

those

lacking vitamin D. Researchers found that patients with very low levels of

Vitamin D were 77 percent more likely to die, 45 percent more likely to

develop coronary artery disease, and 78 percent were more likely to have a

stroke than patients with normal levels.

 

 

The study followed 27,686 patients who were 50 years of age or older with

no prior history of cardiovascular disease. " This was a unique study

because the association between Vitamin D deficiency and cardiovascular disease

has not been well-established, " says Brent Muhlestein, MD, director of

cardiovascular research of the Heart Institute at Intermountain Medical Center

and one of the authors of the new study. " Its conclusions about how we can

prevent disease and provide treatment may ultimately help us save more

lives. "

 

 

So often we see that public health officials beat the drum for expensive

drugs like statins in the prevention of cardiovascular disease. Where are

they now? They just can't stand promoting nutrients for the public health, it

rubs their Big Pharma lined pockets the wrong way. Statins actually reduce

the production of vitamin D! This is more data explaining why there are so

many more heart attacks in the winter, when sun exposure vitamin D

production is at its lowest levels.

 

 

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