Vitamin D Treats & Prevents MS

[Guest guest]

Has anyone read the entire article instead of the abstract? Abstracts leave out

too much.

 

Fred

 

Frank <califpacific wrote:

http://www.mercola.com/2004/feb/14/vitamin_d_ms.htm

 

 

Vitamin D Treats & Prevents MS

 

 

According to a study, women who take vitamin D supplements through multivitamins

are 40 percent less likely to develop multiple sclerosis (MS) than women who do

not take supplements. The study, which involved 187,563 women, is the first

examination to question if MS is caused by lack of sunlight, which prevent the

body from making its own vitamin D.

Researchers examined data collected from two large studies involving the women,

one was a 20-year-old study and the other was a 10-year-old study. The

participants’ diets and use of multivitamin supplements were measured in the

beginning of the study and then again every four years. Out of the 187,563 women

participating in the study, 173 developed MS during the course of it.

 

Researchers divided the large group of women into groups based on vitamin D use.

The study found that the risk of developing MS was lower both for those with

high intakes of vitamin D supplements (400 IU or more per day) and for those

with high intakes from the supplements and food. However, the study also

suggested that the participants whose intake of vitamin D was only from food did

not have any lesser risk of developing MS.

 

Neurology January 13, 2004;62(1):60-5

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Fred,

 

I downloaded the PDF of the full article and will e-mail it to you.

 

David

 

 

At 11:22 AM 2/14/2004, fred lieberman wrote:

 

>Has anyone read the entire article instead of the abstract? Abstracts

>leave out too much.

>

>Fred

>

>Frank <califpacific wrote:

>http://www.mercola.com/2004/feb/14/vitamin_d_ms.htm

>

>Vitamin D Treats & Prevents MS

>[snip]

>Neurology January 13, 2004;62(1):60-5