"Since vitamin d is generally lower in obese persons, it is possible that, by virtue of vitamin d may explain, in part, the link between obesity and the diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease and diabetes," said Caitlin Mason, Ph.d., author of the book, published online may 25 in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. "To determine whether weight loss to change the status of vitamin d is important to understand the possible avenues for the prevention of diseases," said Mason, postgraduate specialist Hutchinson Centre for Public Health Sciences Division of the.
According to the national institutes of health, vitamin d plays several important roles in the body. It is necessary for bone growth and bone healing and promotes the absorption of calcium. Along calcium, vitamin d helps protect the elderly in osteoporosis. The nutrient also affects cell growth, the neuromuscular and immune function reduces inflammation. Protein of many genes that regulate cell proliferation of coding, differentiation, and apoptosis (programmed cell death) is modulated in part because of this vitamin.
The Studio years: the most important ever undertaken to assess the effect of the loss of weight in vitamin D - 439 involved overweight to obesity, sedentary postmenopausal of the Seattle area women, ages 50 to 75, assigned randomly to one of the four groups: exercise, diet, exercise and diet and no intervention.
A lost 5% to 10% of their body, equivalent to approximately 10 to 20 pounds weight
