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Sunday, 23 March 2025

Vitamin D: The sunshine vitamin’s surprising role in slashing diabetes risk

 In a nation grappling with a metabolic health crisis, where 22 million adults are diagnosed with diabetes and an estimated 78 to 84 million have prediabetes, a glimmer of hope has emerged from an unexpected source: vitamin D.

Recent research suggests that this essential nutrient, often dubbed the "sunshine vitamin," may play a pivotal role in reducing the risk of diabetes, particularly for those with prediabetes.

The findings, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, reveal that vitamin D supplementation could significantly lower the likelihood of progressing from prediabetes to Type 2 diabetes. For a country where 34% to 37% of adults are prediabetic, this discovery could be a game-changer...<<<Read More>>>...