New research suggests taking vitamin D could help your cardiometabolic health. Here's what doctors want you to know about the results.
vitamin D on a daily basis, raising a lot of questions about what a lack of this key nutrient can do to your health. Now, new research suggests taking vitamin D supplements may help with several cardiometabolic health problems, including high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and type 2 diabetes., analyzed data from 99 randomized controlled trials that involved nearly 18,000 people.
Vitamin D needs vary by a person’s gender and age, but most adults need 15 to 20 micrograms of the vitamin a day. Buthas found that about 94 percent of people ages 1 and older get less than 400 IU of vitamin D from food and drinks per day. Meaning, the majority of people aren’t getting nearly enough vitamin D.This is slightly tricky, given that previous research hasn’t found vitamin D supplements to be helpful for a range of cardiometabolic issues.
"There is still not enough evidence to date to recommend vitamin D supplementation to help prevent heart disease," says Dr. Chen. But he stresses the importance of leaning into lifestyle factors that are proven to help, like eating a balanced diet, engaging in regular physical activity, getting seven or more hours of sleep a night, maintaining a healthy weight for your body size, avoiding alcohol and tobacco, and trying to reduce your stress levels.
Still, Dr. Bleich says that vitamin D is a relatively safe supplement to take, provided you keep your intake under of 100 micrograms or 4,000 IU per day. (Levels beyond that are considered toxic and could lead to symptoms like nausea, vomiting, bone pain and weakness, and kidney problems, per the
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