A study published this week found that regular vitamin D supplementation may lower the risk of Type 2 diabetes among millions of adults who have prediabetes.
A team of researchers with the Tufts Medical Center found that taking the vitamin supplements has been associated with a 15 percent drop in the chance of developing Type 2 diabetes among those adults. Their study was published in the Annals of Internal Medicine on Feb. 7.
Dr. Anastassios Pittas, chief of endocrinology at Tufts, said in a statement, noted that the findings “could have significant public health implications for the 96 million adults in the U.S. (38 percent of all U.S. adults) and more than 400 million people worldwide who are at risk for diabetes,” adding, “However, there are still some important unknowns.”…