VITAMIN D MAY CUT MS, ARTHRITIS RISKS

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VITAMIN D MAY CUT MS, ARTHRITIS RISKS

News from Harvard Medical School indicates that a higher intake of vitamin D

from supplements may lower a woman's risk for multiple sclerosis, which is

caused by damage to the myelin sheath that protects nerves. Researchers

examined data collected from more than 187,000 women participating in the

original Nurses' Health Study and thetudy and the Nurses' Health Study II,

begun 10 years later. Women with the highest vitamin D intake from

supplements - 400 IU or more per day - were 40 percent less likely to

develop MS than those who took no supplements.

Newsday.com May 4, 2004

http://www.newsday.com/news/health/ny-b3783748may04,0,6932823.story?coll=ny-

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