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Vitamin D Supplements and Prevention of Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease

J Manson, N Cook, I Lee, W Christen, S Bassuk, S Mora et al.. New England Journal of Medicine. 2019.

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In plain language

VITAL: 2,000 IU per day of vitamin D did not lower invasive cancer or major cardiovascular events over 5.3 years.

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Most participants were not deficient.

Source

doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa1809944 · PubMed 30415629 · Free full text

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