Low levels of vitamin D is a prevalent issue in diabetic and prediabetic individuals. In the past, several studies found that individuals with insulin resistance and a high risk of diabetes tend to have low levels of vitamin D.

In a recent study, a team of researchers from Universite Laval in Quebec found that consistent vitamin D supplementation prior to or soon after the diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes helped improve insulin sensitivity in just six months, as previously noted. Here Virgilio Maren, NaturalNews.com, reflects on a study linking vitamin D deficiency to a greater risk early death related to diabetes:

“A recent study has drawn a link between vitamin D deficiency and a greater risk of diabetes-related death. This link, the researchers from the Medical University of Vienna noted, was especially pronounced in younger and middle-aged people.

Vitamin D also called the sunshine vitamin, is best known for keeping bones healthy by promoting calcium absorption. It also helps regulate cell growth, immune and neuromuscular function, and glucose metabolism. People can obtain vitamin D through food, supplementation and sun exposure.

For the study, the team examined how low levels of vitamin D may contribute to all-cause and cause-specific mortality in a large cohort that covered all age groups. They found a strong association between vitamin D deficiency and increased mortality risk.

“This association is most pronounced in the younger and middle-aged groups and for causes of deaths other than cancer and cardiovascular disease, especially diabetes,” wrote the researchers.

Their findings were presented at the Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes in Spain.

Higher mortality risk for younger populations with vitamin D deficiency

The researchers drew data from the records of more than 78,000 participants with a mean age of 51 years who had their vitamin D levels measured at the General Hospital of Vienna between 1991 and 2011. With this data in hand, they then combed through the Austrian national registry to look for cases of death, omitting those who died within the first three years of undergoing a vitamin D test. They then followed up on the participants for an average of 10.5 years.”

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