Vitamin D helps control MS gene
The first evidence of how vitamin D deficiency and genetics interact to increase the risk of multiple sclerosis has been reported by researchers.
A UK and Canadian team found that vitamin D helps to control a gene known to increase MS risk, the PLoS Genetics journal reports.
It suggests that vitamin D supplements taken during pregnancy and early in life could prevent the disease.
More than 85,000 people in the UK are thought to have MS.
The condition results from the loss of nerve fibres and their protective myelin sheath in the brain and spinal cord, causing neurological damage.
Continue reading - BBC News/Health
Posted by InternetHealthClub
on Feb 5th, 2009 and is filed under Dietary Supplements, General Health.
You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
