06/09/2025
Vitamin D protects telomeres!
Results from a large, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial reveal that vitamin D supplementation helps maintain telomeres, protective caps at the ends of chromosomes that shorten during aging and are linked to the development of certain diseases.
The trial involved over 25,000 participants in the USA.
“VITAL is the first large-scale and long-term randomized trial to show that vitamin D supplements protect telomeres and preserve telomere length,” said co-author JoAnn Manson, the principal investigator of VITAL (VITamin D and OmegA-3 TriaL).
More https://ajcn.nutrition.org/article/S0002-9165(25)00255-2/abstract
