"維生素D含量低可能有助於長壽"

維生素D一直被認為是可以改善健康的東西，因為發現患有過敏、糖尿病、關節炎、癌症、心臟疾病和其他病症的病人身上維生素D都過低。但一項新研究卻對維生素D在這些疾病上所扮演的角色提出質疑。

荷蘭的研究人員研究家中有至少兩位手足超過90歲的380個家庭，試圖要看看這些人以及他們的中年子女，能否顯現維生素D和壽命有所關連。排除其他所有能夠影響結果的因素後，研究顯示這些家庭成員都擁有低含量的維生素D，而他們所擁有能增加血液中維生素含量的基因變異也較少。

研究人員現在懷疑病人身上低含量的維生素D究竟是疾病的成因還是結果。想要更了解這項新發現，就建議得要進行更多研究。

(Health) Low Vitamin D Levels May Help You Live Longer

Vitamin D has always been thought of as something that can improve your health because low levels of this are found in patients with allergies, diabetes, arthritis, cancer, heart disease and other conditions. But a new study is raising questions about the part it plays in these diseases.

Dutch researchers looked at 380 families who had at least 2 siblings over 90 years old and tried to see if these people, along with their middle-age children, can show a connection between Vitamin D and longevity. After removing all other factors that can affect the results, the research shows that these family members all had lower levels of Vitamin D and they also had lesser amounts of a gene variant that increases the vitamins level in the blood.

Researchers are now wondering whether or not the low levels of vitamin D in sick patients are the cause or the result of the disease. More studies are suggested to understand this new discovery better.

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