March 21st, 2011

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports:

Vitamin D has been much in the news in recent years, with books and articles touting its benefits for myriad medical conditions and the public responding with a 52 percent jump in use over just two years, according to one survey out last month.

So, does it help the heart?

The short answer: maybe.

True believers in the “sunshine vitamin,” including some researchers and holistically inclined physicians, point out that several cardiovascular conditions become more common the farther you live from the sun-drenched tropics. And a few studies have found that some heart-related ailments occur more often among people with lower levels of vitamin D in their blood.

Read the full story: Taking a closer look at vitamin D’s impact on the heart