Sunday, March 07, 2010

Vitamin D Is Key To Bulking Up Your Immune System

According to a new study, vitamin D is key to building up your immune system to help fight away viruses and other infections.

The study was carried out by researchers from the University of Copenhagen, and has found yet another major health benefit to vitamin D.

It has been known for quite some time that there are many health benefits to vitamin D.

A deficiency of vitamin D has been proven to increase your risk of cancer, heart disease, as well as other diseases.

This latest study has added yet another major health benefit to getting enough vitamin D, improving your immune system.

Researchers revealed that getting vitamin D helps bulk up your immune system, triggering it to spring into action.

This is one major reason why the flu is so much more prevalent in the winter, as people cannot get out in the sun and are more prone to vitamin D deficiency.

Getting vitamin D helps produce antibacterial peptides which bulk up your immune system to fight away viruses such as the flu, infections, etc.

The study has found that those who get sufficient vitamin D are far more likely to be able to fight away viruses than those with a vitamin D deficiency.

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