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High intake of vitamin D linked to reduced risk of MS.
2004 FEB 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In the first prospective study to assess the relationship between vitamin D intake in women and the risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS), researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health found that women with the highest intake of vitamin D through supplement use had a 40% lower risk of developing MS as compared to women who did not use supplements.
More than 185,000 women from the Brigham and Women's-based Nurses' Health Study and Nurses' Health Study II who were free of MS were selected for this research. The findings appeared in the January 13, 2004, issue of the journal Neurology.
The participants filled out dietary questionnaires every 4 years between 1980 and 1999 that assessed their vitamin D intake along with other dietary information. During the span of the study, 173 women developed MS. When compared to women who did not use vitamin supplements, those with the highest levels of vitamin D intake through supplements (400 IU per day or more) had a reduced risk of developing MS of 40%. There was no reduction in risk associated with vitamin D intake through food alone. Foods such as milk and fish are good sources of vitamin D ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, High intake of vitamin D linked to reduced risk of MS.