For adults with prediabetes, vitamin D was effective in decreasing diabetes risk, according to results of a systematic review and meta-analysis published in Annals of Internal Medicine. “Observational ...
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8 Potential Vitamin D Benefits

Learn how vitamin D functions and may affect diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and dementia risk. Plus, how it could benefit ...
Researchers are reporting that vitamin D supplementation can slightly reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes for people who have prediabetes. The risk reduction, however, was lower than other ...
In a recent systematic review and meta-analysis published in the journal Nutrients, researchers from Italy updated a systematic review and meta-analysis to examine whether low serum vitamin D ...
Daily higher-dose vitamin D supplementation may help stave off diabetes in an at-risk population, researchers reported. In a meta-analysis of three randomized clinical trials, vitamin D reduced the ...
A bottle of B-complex vitamin pills. Image by By Ragesoss CC BY-SA 3.0 A bottle of B-complex vitamin pills. Image by By Ragesoss CC BY-SA 3.0 Some studies have reported that taking vitamin D may help ...
Endocrinologists and dietitians explain the link. More than one in three American adults has prediabetes, a condition where blood sugar levels are higher than normal, but not high enough to be ...
Researchers examined data from controlled trials and found that taking vitamin D2 led to a reduction in vitamin D3 levels, in ...
Using significantly higher doses of vitamin D than recommended for five years did not affect the incidence of type 2 diabetes in elderly men and women, according to a new study from the University of ...
Among adults at high risk of type 2 diabetes — the leading cause of kidney disease — those who received vitamin D supplements as opposed to placebo for close to 3 years did not have significant ...
Too little of the "sunshine vitamin" -- vitamin D -- in Black Americans could raise their odds of developing diabetes, new research suggests. Two new studies found an association between levels of ...
Giving children vitamin D supplements in infancy may shear their risk of developing type 1 diabetes later in life. In an analysis of previously published studies, British researchers found significant ...