A surge of new scientific studies have provided unchallenged evidence of the profound effects that vitaminEssential substances that cannot be produced by the body and so must be acquired from the diet. D has on a whole range of chronicA disease of long duration generally involving slow changes. diseases. Moreover, this research also indicates that the general population is chronically deficient in Vitamin D and that recommended intakes have been woefully inadequate to provide optimum status.
Evaluation of all types of epidemiological and intervention-based studies now provides unequivocal evidence for the role of vitamin D in helping to lower the risk of developing virtually all types of chronic disease.