Sun bathing and vitamin D supplements may be feasible and affordable approaches to improve or even prevent metabolic syndromes which pose a risk of diabetes and heart disease, a new study has claimed.
It is well known that a diet high in fat can trigger a metabolic syndrome. Scientists have now discovered that vitamin D deficiency is necessary for this syndrome to progress in mice, with underlying disturbances in gut bacteria. "Based on this study, we believe that keeping vitamin D levels high, either through sun exposure, diet or supplementation, is beneficial for prevention and treatment of metabolic syndrome," said Stephen Pandol from Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre in the US.
Metabolic syndrome affects a quarter of the world's adult population, and it is defined by a group of risk factors that put you on the road to diabetes and heart disease.
It is well known that a diet high in fat can trigger a metabolic syndrome. Scientists have now discovered that vitamin D deficiency is necessary for this syndrome to progress in mice, with underlying disturbances in gut bacteria. "Based on this study, we believe that keeping vitamin D levels high, either through sun exposure, diet or supplementation, is beneficial for prevention and treatment of metabolic syndrome," said Stephen Pandol from Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre in the US.
Metabolic syndrome affects a quarter of the world's adult population, and it is defined by a group of risk factors that put you on the road to diabetes and heart disease.