Vitamin D 'cuts risk of diabetes' (BBC)

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Giving young children vitamin D supplements may reduce their risk of developing type 1 diabetes later in life, research suggests.

Children who took supplements were around 30% less likely to develop the condition than those who did not.

Type 1 diabetes results from the immune system destruction of pancreatic cells which produce the hormone insulin.

The study, by St Mary's Hospital for Women and Children, Manchester, appears in Archives of Disease in Childhood.

Type 1 diabetes is most common among people of European descent, with around two million Europeans and North Americans affected.
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more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7290423.stm

[blue neen]

1. That is very interesting information and makes sense.

I wonder if it helps to take it as an adult.

[Sanity Claws]

2. Maybe they should play outside

Kids used to be told to go outside and play. Not only would kids get exercise that way, they would get vitamin D.

[medeak]

3. mushrooms have vitamin D

I just learned recently and was surprised...when they are exposed to sunlight they retain it. Interesting eh?