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Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Another benefit found for the sunshine vitamin!

As if protecting your bones, your heart, your immune function and longevity were not enough...now we learn that vitamin D reduces risk of age related macular degeneration!

BUFFALO, NY—A study of data collected form the Carotenoids in Age-Related Eye Disease Study (CAREDS) showed high serum vitamin D concentrations may protect against early age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in women under the age of 75. Researchers from the University of Buffalo published their findings in the April issue of Archives of Ophthalmology (129(4):481-489).

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