Vitamin D in people with prediabetes was beneficial in decreasing risk for diabetes and increasing the likelihood of regression to normal glucose regulation

• Pre-diabetics who used vitamin D pills were less likely to become diabetic
• The vitamin can help the body produce more insulin and manage blood sugar
• Expert warns a lack of vitamin D in winter can lead to brittle bones

A vitamin D supplement every day can help keep diabetes away, a study suggests.

In a meta-analysis of 17 studies, Tufts University researchers found that pre-diabetics could reduce their likelihood of developing the potentially-crippling condition by 15 percent.

The ‘sunshine vitamin’, which is absorbed by the skin through the sun, is known to increase a person’s glucose tolerance and their blood’s sensitivity to insulin.

Officials estimate that 100 million people across the US and UK have pre-diabetes — someone with unhealthy high blood sugar that is not high enough to be considered diabetic.

Vitamin D has many uses in the body, and not getting enough every day has been linked to brittle bones, a bad mood, and numb fingers.

‘Vitamin D in people with prediabetes was beneficial in decreasing risk for diabetes and increasing the likelihood of regression to normal glucose regulation, with no offsetting safety signals,’ researchers wrote.

In an analysis published Monday in the American College of Physicians Journal, researchers from the Boston-area school found vitamin D supplements could help stave off diabetes.

They analyzed two other meta-analysis, which in turn included 17 studies between them. A total of 38,780 participants were included across all of the research. Within that group, 4,190 were pre-diabetic.

The studies in question looked at vitamin D’s use in preventing other injury and illnesses, such as bone fractures.

Each of them also included information on patients’ blood sugar as ancillary data, and the Tufts team gathered it for their major study.

They found that pre-diabetics who used a vitamin D supplement were 15 percent less likely to develop diabetes over the next four years.

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The massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Turkey on Sunday was devastating and now authorities fear that there may be as many as 20,000 deaths from the series of quakes. 

The earthquake in Turkey was calamitous.  Conservative Treehouse reported:

According to the Associated Press, 5,600 buildings have collapsed and several of them came down today during aftershocks amid search and rescue operations.  The current recorded death toll is over 4,300 people, with the World Health Organization (WHO) predicting the total loss of life could exceed 20,000.  This is just horrific.

The estimated 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit over an area of several major population centers. The Guardian reports, “the population of the ten provinces in southern Turkey affected by the earthquakes are home to 13.5 million people. So far, according to the Andalou agency, more than 5,600 buildings have collapsed.

It is just after 6am in Turkey, and we’re seeing stories of people rescued after a very long day and night, which means they survived not only the rubble’s collapse but the cold. There are many, many more who have not yet been found, with the WHO predicting the death toll could reach 20,000 in the coming days. For now, here are videos of a three-year-old toddler and a woman who were freed from collapsed buildings by rescuers.” (link)

Here is a video of multiple buildings collapsing in Turkey.

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