A recent study published in the British Medical Journal found that taking a vitamin D supplement may reduce the incidence of heart attacks and other major cardiovascular events.
“Most other studies have not found benefit for vitamin D for major cardiovascular events,” senior investigator Rachel Neale, who holds a doctorate in skin cancer prevention, told Medscape Cardiology regarding the D-Health trial.
D-Health Trial Findings
The D-Health trial, a large randomized, double-blind clinical study, found that older adults who took monthly doses of vitamin D for five years reduced the incidence of major cardiovascular events, particularly myocardial infarction (heart attack) and coronary revascularization, treatments that restore limited or blocked blood flow to the heart….