Tag: vitamin d

Nearly 1 in 6 children on weight loss drugs developed a nutritional deficiency within a year

A new US study of more than 2,000 children on GLP-1 medications found that 16.8 percent developed a nutritional deficiency within twelve months, and vitamin D led the list.

Four-year study links vitamin D to slower biological aging

A large study has investigated whether certain dietary supplements can affect the body’s natural ageing process.

Are calcium supplements safe for your heart? Here’s what the evidence says

A new study links calcium supplements to higher cardiovascular event recurrence in people with existing heart disease.

Low vitamin D may be weakening your muscles before it ever threatens your bones

A hospital study suggests weak muscles, not thin bones, best explain vitamin D's fracture link.

Spending time in the sun this summer may not be raising your vitamin D after 50

A UK study of nearly 300 adults found summer sun did not lift vitamin D levels in older or darker-skinned participants.

Taking the wrong vitamin D supplement could actually lower your D levels

A 2025 meta-analysis found the D2 form may reduce your body's D3 levels.