Can vitamin D supplements really slow aging, as a recent study suggests?

Can vitamin D supplements really slow aging, as a recent study suggests?

Vitamin D supplements could help protect the caps on our chromosomes that slow aging, sparking hopes the sunshine vitamin might keep us healthier for longer, a recent study suggests.

Will vitamin D supplements keep me younger?

Q. Will vitamin D pills keep my cells, and me, younger? A. A recent randomized trial, organized right here at Harvard, suggests that they may. The study found that taking a vitamin D pill daily protected telomeres from shortening. Telomeres form the protective ends of the long strands of gene-carrying chromosomes inside each cell. When we’re born, our telomeres are relatively long. As we go through life, and our cells keep dividing, the telomere…