Medical News Summary: Vitamin D deficiency increases diabetes risk

About: Vitamin D deficiency increases diabetes risk
Date: 15 October 2004
Source: Onlypunjab
Medical News Summary (summary of medical news story as reported by Onlypunjab): A UK research’s preliminary findings indicate that lack of Vitamin D may increase risk of diabetes. This could explain why dark skinned and Asian people are more prone to diabetes – dark skinned people less able to make their own Vitamin D. Three studies showed that children and breast feeding mothers receiving Vitamin D supplements were 60% less likely to develop type 1 diabetes.
URL: http://www.onlypunjab.com/real/fullstory-newsID-6354.html
Related Disease Topics: Diabetes

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