Sunshine vitamin 'protects the heart as well as bones,' researchers find - Daily Mail 7th January 2008

Vitamin D may protect against heart attacks and strokes on top of its traditional role in keeping bones strong. Researchers found those with low blood levels of the sunshine vitamin were twice as likely to suffer heart failure, a heart attack or a stroke than those with higher levels. The risk was still 62 per cent after adjusting for well-established risk factors such as high blood pressure and high cholesterol.

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