Research from Johns Hopkins University found Vitamin D may help prevent kidney disease, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. The researchers also found vitamin D deficiency increases your risk of death by 26 percent.
 
Talk to your doctor or dietitian about how vitamin D affects you and how you can maintain healthy levels of this important vitamin. Never take any type of vitamin or nutritional supplement without discussing it with your doctor first.

This article originally appeared in the March 2009 issue of AAKP Diet Tips & Bits.