New study confirms vitamin D may help you live longer

Live longer with vitamin D, study says

By Alex McNally    Nutraingredients     09/11/2007

Vitamin D may help slow down the ageing process, scientists have found, adding further weight to the importance of adequate intake of the vitamin.
 

Researchers from King’s College, London, measured telomeres – part of a chromosome which shortens with age – in more than 2,000 women and found those who had higher levels of the vitamin in their body had longer telomeres.
 

Writing in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, the scientists looked at 2,160 women aged 18 to 79 years and measured leukocyte telomere length (LTL). LTL is a predictor of ageing-related disease and decreases with each cell cycle and increased inflammation, the scientists said. 

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