Vitamin D can be usually achieved through sun intake, but during the cold months, when the big star is close to disappeared from the skies, doctors everywhere will usually prescribe supplements of vitamin D for blood pressure issues - but a new study points out that this might not be effective at all, but actually damaging to the body.
The effects of vitamin D on blood pressure have often been deemed favorable, as the vitamin is associated with better cardiovascular health, but new trials in the University of Dundee, in Scotland, have found that, among thousands of patients, this isn't really the case.
According to Science Daily, the new study regarding vitamin D and blood pressure was published on the online version of the JAMA Internal Medicine journal, under the title "Effect of Vitamin D Supplementation on Blood Pressure," where researchers studied whether taking vitamin D supplements actually improved BP.
According to CBS Chicago, the results of the vitamin D blood pressure study were pretty surprising, as it turned out that not only the supplement didn't really help the patients, but they could actually mean a higher risk of developing other conditions such as kidney stones, interference with natural regulation of the actual vitamin, an upset stomach and, altogether, even cardiovascular death.
The Minnesota Post reports that this is only one of the many studies on vitamin D and blood pressure, as scientists are beginning to cast doubt over whether there are true effects on the vitamin in things that aren't related to falls and fractures (besides possible respiratory tract infection, as some studies have pointed out in the past that the vitamin may improve this).
"The results of this analysis do not support the use of vitamin D or its analogues as an individual patient treatment for hypertension or as a population-level intervention to lower [blood pressure]," said the researchers behind the Scottish vitamin D blood pressure study.
