Vitamin D may prevent diabetes in people with certain genes

Vitamin D may prevent diabetes in people with certain genes

More than two in five U.S. adults has prediabetes, a condition marked by higher-than-normal blood sugar levels that often leads to type 2 diabetes.

How vitamin D can help prevent type 2 diabetes

Taking vitamin D supplements has hidden potential benefits for some people

Vitamin D may help prevent pre-diabetes, which affects 6.3 million Britons, but only for those who have a certain gene

Vitamin D Linked to Lower Diabetes Risk in People with VDR Gene Variant

A genetic analysis of a large U.S. clinical trial suggests that vitamin D supplementation may reduce the risk of progression from prediabetes to type 2 diabetes, but only for those people who harbor specific variants of the vitamin D receptor gene. The study, led by researchers at Tufts University and published in JAMA Network Open, found that daily high-dose vitamin D lowered diabetes risk by 19% in participants with certain genotypes, opening …