Vitamins Diabetics Need To Avoid
Taking a daily vitamin D supplement may lower kids' risk of developing Type 1 diabetes, a new report suggests. Researchers analyzed five studies and found that children who received vitamin D supplements were 30 percent less likely to develop diabetes than kids who didn't receive them. Supplementing the vitamin may be especially important for children who live in colder, less sunny environments, experts say, since a lack of sunlight is linked to lower levels of the vitamin.
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Source: Breastcancer.org
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Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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