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Vitamin D May Prevent Heart Disease & Stroke
Low vitamin D levels in the body may be deadly, according to a new study hinting that adults with lower,versus higher, blood levels of vitamin D may be more likely to die from heart disease or stroke.Vitamin D is an essential vitamin mostly obtained from direct sunlight exposure, but also found in foodsand multivitamins.Dr. Annamari Kilkkinen, at the National Institute for Health and Welfare in Helsinki, Finland, andcolleagues compared blood levels of vitamin D and deaths from heart disease or stroke over time in2,817 men and 3,402 women in Finland.At enrollment, participants were just over 49 years old on average, and had no indicators of cardiovascular disease, the researchers note in the American Journal of Epidemiology.During follow-up of about 27 years on average, 640 of the participants (358 men) died from heartdisease and another 293 (122 men) died from stroke.Compared with participants' with the highest vitamin D, those with the lowest had 25 percent higherrisk of dying from heart disease or stroke, Kilkkinen noted in an email to Reuters Health.There was a "particularly striking association" between vitamin D levels and stroke deaths, theresearcher noted, in that having the lowest vitamin D seemed to confer "twice the risk," compared withhaving the highest vitamin D.Allowing for age, gender, and other demographic factors, plus alcohol intake, smoking, physical activity,and season in which vitamin D levels were obtained did not significantly alter these associations.In this study, vitamin D levels were "substantially lower" than levels thought to be sufficient, and"somewhat lower" than those reported in previous studies in other European and Americanpopulations.However, there is no "absolute consensus" as to what the optimal range of vitamin D should be, theinvestigators note. Also, it's not known whether low vitamin D actually causes increased risk for heartdisease or stroke. Clearly, further study is needed, they conclude.According to Dr. Robert O. Young, Director of Research at the pH Miracle Living Center, "Vitamin D playsa significant role in maintaining the alkaline design of the body and preventing heart attack and stroke. Ihave found that taking at least 250 to 500 IU's of Vitamin D3 per 1 pound of body weight is
 
recommended for prevention. If you are dealing with any acute or chronic condition then taking 1000IU's of Vitamin D3 per 1 pound of body weight is recommended."SOURCE: American Journal of Epidemiology, October 15, 2009The pH Miracle Revisited, by Dr. Robert and Shelley Young to be released July 1, 2010.http://www.phmiracleliving.com/p-404-ph-d3.aspx In Love and Healing Light,Robert O. Young, Ph.D., D.Sc.Founder of 'THE NEW BIOLOGY' ®Creator of the 'SCIENCE OF ALKALINE
LIVING'™ for Health.
 As someone that looks to improve theirhealth we are pleased to offer you thisfree audio, an excerpt of a powerful twohour interview with Dr Robert O. Youngand Anthony Robbins. Click the linkbelow to listen:http://tinyurl.com/krtfr4 Not part of our healing alkalinecommunity? Visit our website at:www.phmiracleliving.com To learn more about the science of Dr.Robert and Shelley Young go to:www.articlesofhealth.blogspot.com 'Miracles happen not in opposition tonature, but in opposition to what weknow of nature.' St. Augustine'Any sufficiently advanced technology isindistinguishable from magic' Arthur C.Clarke'There are only two ways to live yourlife. One, is as though there are nomiracles. The other is as though
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