Can vitamin D keep your brain young?

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				08/09/10
			Can Vitamin D Keep Your Brain Young? There's an old saying that when you're holding a hammer, everything looks like a nail. Lately, it seems as if every nutrition researcher on the planet must be holding a bottle of vitamin D. Add "preventing cognitive decline" to the long and growing list of things this nutrient might be able to do for you.

			Although we continue to discover links, or correlations, between low vitamin D status and various illnesses, it remains to be seen whether taking vitamin D supplements will make a difference. As I wrote on the Nutrition Data Blog, there's a disappointingly long list of nutrient supplements that have failed to deliver on their early promise. I hope D will be the exception. Food sources of vitamin D are relatively few; the richest sources are oily fish and fortified dairy products. Exposure to sunlight (without sunscreen) can also up your vitamin D reserves. To find out exactly how much sunlight that may take, use the Vitamin D calculator highlighted on the Nutrition Data Blog.
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