Vitamin D may protect against viral infections during the winter
Monday, April 30, 2012 - 11:30
in Health & Medicine
Vitamin D may be known as the sunshine vitamin, but a new research report shows that it is more than that. According to the report, insufficient levels of vitamin D are related to a deficiency in our innate immune defenses that protect us from infections, neoplasias or autoimmune diseases.
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