04
Nov
Vitamin D + calcium = longevity
Researchers writing in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology found that older people who were given Vitamin D and Calcium together were 9 per cent less likely to die over three years than those given placebo pills. Vitamin D alone had no impact on death rates. A 9 per cent dip in death risk over a three year period might sound small, but lead researcher Lars Rejnmark said that effect is “at least as pronounced as the benefits linked to cholesterol lowering statins and blood pressure drugs.
