Vitamins For Insulin Resistance
A new study has found that vitamin K slows insulin resistance in men, but not in women. Researchers followed 355 non-diabetic men and women between the ages of 60 and 80. One group took a daily supplement that amounted to five times the recommended daily allowance of vitamin K along with calcium and vitamin D. The other group took calcium and vitamin D, but no vitamin K. At the end of the study researchers found that the men who took vitamin K had improved insulin resistance and lower blood...
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Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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