Vitamin D may slow aging

Vitamin D 'may help slow ageing' BBC News
2007.11.08

"A King's College London study of more than 2,000 women found those with higher vitamin D levels showed fewer ageing-related changes in their DNA...after adjusting the results for the age of the volunteer, women with higher levels of vitamin D were more likely to have longer telomeres in these cells, and vice versa...Professor Brent Richards, who led the study, said: "These results are exciting because they demonstrate for the first time that people who have higher levels of vitamin D may age more slowly than people with lower levels of vitamin D..."This could help to explain how vitamin D has a protective effect on many ageing-related diseases, such as heart disease and cancer"...Another of the study's authors, Professor Tim Spector, said: "Although it might sound absurd, it's possible that the same sunshine which may increase our risk of skin cancer may also have a healthy effect on the ageing process in general"...it was possible that vitamin D might not be delaying the shortening of telomeres, but that another factor which did this might alter the way the vitamin was created and metabolised by the body"


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