Researchers at The Rockefeller University Hospital have begun a clinical study to explore a possible connection between vitamin D deficiency and insulin resistance.
The hypothesis, that raising blood vitamin D levels in an obese, insulin-resistant population will improve the subjects? ability to metabolize sugar, could have eventual implications for patients with type 2 diabetes and their doctors.
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