Low Vitamin D Related to Risk of Type 2 Diabetes

Mon, 05 Dec 2011
Researchers have discovered that people with lower vitamin D levels are more likely to be obese and have increased degrees of insulin resistance, that is, when the hormone is less effective at reducing blood sugar .

The American researchers confirmed that their study was not able to determine how low vitamin D levels played a key role in the development of type 2 diabetes .

Dr Micah Olson, lead study author, stated that even though the study cannot prove causation, it suggests that low vitamin D levels do have a role to play in the development of type 2 diabetes.

He said that: "Further research is necessary to determine the clinical significance of lower vitamin D levels in obese children, the amount and duration of treatment necessary to replenish vitamin D levels in these children and whether treatment with vitamin D can improve primary clinical endpoints such as insulin resistance."

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