New York - According to a new study, people with lower levels of vitamin D in their blood are more likely to die from any cause during the next eight years than those with the highest levels of vitamin D.
An Austrian study found the link to heart-related deaths especially strong.
“This is the first association study that shows vitamin D affects mortality regardless of the (primary) reason for death,” said Dr Harald Dobnig of the University of Graz, who led the study.
Researchers are still unsure how vitamin D effects heart related deaths and other illnesses. However the sunshine vitamin has been shown to help regulate the body’s ability to combat illness through improving the immune system.
Experts warn that this study doesn’t mean people should start spending hours under the hot sun or popping vitamin D pills.
The study which included more than 3,200 men and women can be found in the latest issues of Archives of Internal Medicine.
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