Re: Vitamin D and hypertension

betaine_hcl@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

"It would appear, therefore, that taking vitamin D products is
associated with an approximate 50% lower risk of arterial
stiffening," the researchers suggest.

Hypertension 2007;49:1278-1284.

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/558486_print

Thanks. I bet that having a high dietary intake of vitamin K in addition to vitamin D would reduce the risk of arterial stiffening even further.

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Juhana

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