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A study in Boston suggests that high intake of Vitamin D and calcium in women lowers the risk of developing type II diabetes.
 
Best results (lowest risk) occurred with both Vitamin D and calcium, but either one reduced the risk somewhat.
 
The researchers followed over 80,000 women for 20 years.

Vitamin D and calcium may lower diabetes risk

Reuters.uk - 4/4/2006 2:56 PM

Total vitamin D intake was not significantly associated with type 2 diabetes, but there was a difference when it came to vitamin D supplements. The team saw a 13 percent lower risk of diabetes among women in the highest versus the lowest category of vitamin D intake from supplements.
 
Women with the highest total calcium intake had a 21 percent lower risk of diabetes than those with the lowest intake. In this case, the source of calcium didn't make much difference: the risk was 18 percent lower among women in the highest versus the lowest category of calcium intake f
 
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