Dr. Mark Kestner: Vitamin D more essential to health than once thought
There is a lot of recent research that disputes the notion that we don’t benefit from taking vitamin and mineral supplements.
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There is a lot of recent research that disputes the notion that we don’t benefit from taking vitamin and mineral supplements.
One way to maintain muscle strength with age: Get enough vitamin D. Researchers in Brazil and the United Kingdom found that older folks who were deficient in the vitamin increased their risk of losing muscle strength.
Brazilian scientists found that a vitamin D deficiency can lead to a massive 78 percent drop in muscle strength.
Vitamin D plays an important role in the regulation of calcium and phosphorus absorption by the organism.