Vitamin D & Diabetes

Scientists have carried out many tests on the effects of vitamin D, its role and also what happens during a deficiency. Results from studies carried out animals shower that there may in fact be a strong link between the incidence of type ii diabetes and vitamin D deficiency.

As these results were so encouraging, scientists are hoping that tests on humans will produce similar results and that by ensuring vitamin D levels are increased in the human body, some cases of diabetes may be preventable or the nature of the disease less affecting.

At the moment the tests carried out on human subjects are limited but do so far show that vitamin D deficiency is more common in those with type II diabetes than those with type I diabetes. More extensive studies must be carried out testing a wide range of variables before any treatments or interventions can be recommended.