Vitamin D May Help Prevent Rheumatoid Arthritis
Published on: April 22nd, 2008
Article by: Anthony Wilson
Vitamin D, which is thought to play a role in coronary heart disease and cancer prevention may also reduce an individuals risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis according to recent evidence.
The largest study of the benefits of vitamin D on rheumatoid arthritis was published in January 2004 in the journal Arthritis and Rheumatism. Researchers in that study analyzed 29,368 women who had participated in the Iowa Womens Health Study. The participants were aged between 55 and 69 and were initially free of rheumatoid arthritis. They were followed over an 11 year study period between 1986 and 1997.
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