Vitamin D an Inexpensive Alternative to Heart Drugs, Say Scientists

Scientists have discovered that vitamin D repairs and prevents damage to the heart caused by diabetes and high blood pressure.

Vitamin D is an 'inexpensive solution' to drugs as scientists discover the sunshine supplement repairs and prevents damage to the heart caused by diabetes and high blood pressure.

The sunshine supplement stimulates the production of nitric acid, which is involved in regulating blood flow and preventing the formation of blood clots, according to the first study of its kind. Read more

The Type 2 Diabetes Epidemic

Type 2 diabetes is a chronic disease in which there is an abnormally high level of glucose in the blood. Type 2 diabetes is the most common type of diabetes.With obesity levels rising to all -time highs, the type 2 diabetes epidemic is increasing at an alarming rate. From 2001 and 2002, the incidence of diabetes went from 5.5 percent of Americans to a 6.5 percent in just one year!