Researchers at University of Auckland in New Zealand have found that vitamin D supplements do not provide any benefits in improving bone strength and women who take the supplements to protect themselves from osteoporosis are simply wasting their time.
The researchers, led by Professor Ian Reid, reviewed around 23 randomized studies that involved over 4,000 healthy adults with an average age of 59 years and found that taking vitamin D supplements does not improve the bone density in the hip, spine, forearm, or in the body as a whole, though the researchers admitted that their review did not look at other benefits provided by such supplements. The study has been published in the journal The Lancet.
Sunlight: An Important Source of Vitamin D
Vitamin D is an essential vitamin necessary for the development of bones. Sunlight helps the body to produce vitamin D. Vitamin D deficiency results in rickets in children and osteomalacia in adults.
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"This systematic review provides very little evidence of an overall benefit of vitamin D supplementation on bone density. Continuing widespread use of vitamin D for osteoporosis prevention in community-dwelling adults without specific risk factors for vitamin D deficiency seems to be inappropriate", the researchers wrote in their report.
Source: Medindia
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Calcium and vitamin supplements are taken to provide the body with the ''''required'''' nutrients. Calcium is a mineral found in many foods. Vitamins are very important nutrients for the body.
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