Vitamin D may help prevent Prediabetes progression to diabetes: Study
Written By : Medha Baranwal
Medically Reviewed By : Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli
Published On 2021-02-08 05:45 GMT | Update On 2021-02-08 09:12 GMT
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China: Vitamin D supplementation decreases the risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D) in people with prediabetes and significantly increases reversion of prediabetes to normoglycemia (normal blood sugar), reveals a recent review in the journal Diabetes Care. However the benefit of T2D prevention seems to be confined to only nonobese people.
Observational studies have shown low vitamin D levels to be associated with diabetes. However, it is not clear if intervention with vitamin D supplements can lower T2D risk. To determine the same, Yu Zhang, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, and colleagues aimed to assess whether vitamin D supplementation reduces T2D risk in prediabetes patients.
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