Calcium Plus Vitamin D Helps to Manage Diabetes

Tue 26 May 2009 6:36:46 PM GMT

Lifelong Supplements^TM health news! In the US, there are over 20 million people with diabetes, equal to seven per cent of the population. The total costs are thought to be as much as $132 billion, with $92 billion being direct costs from medication, according to 2002 American Diabetes Association figures. In Europe, an estimated 19 million people are affected by diabetes in the EU 25, equal to four per cent of the total population. This figure is projected to increase to 26 million by 2030.
Research team, Tianying Wu, Walter C. Willett, and Edward Giovannucci, at Harvard School of Public Health report that women with high intakes of calcium had 20 per cent lower levels of C-peptide, a marker of insulin levels, while men with high vitamin D levels had similarly lower levels of the marker. The research team concludes that "the results suggest that calcium intake or systemic vitamin D status, after adjustment for intake of dairy products, is associated with decreased insulin secretion." Full report is in Journal of Nutrition 2009, volume 139, pages 557-554.
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