Want less of a chance of getting cardiovascular diseases? (Heart attacks, Strokes) Take your vitamin D supplements.

High Vitamin D dose may rapidly cut arterial stiffness

High-doses of Vitamin D can potentially reduce arterial stiffness - a major risk factor for cardiovascular-related disease and death - in young vitamin-deficient obese adults, researchers say. Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death globally, with an estimated 17.7 million deaths in 2015, and representing 31 per cent of all global deaths.

From article, (High-doses of Vitamin D can potentially reduce arterial stiffness — a major risk factor for cardiovascular-related disease and death — in young vitamin-deficient obese adults, researchers say.

Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death globally, with an estimated 17.7 million deaths in 2015, and representing 31 per cent of all global deaths.

Rigid artery walls and Vitamin D deficiency might be the potential contributors, said Yanbin Dong, geneticist and cardiologist at the Augusta University, US.

The findings showed that the dose of 4,000 international units (IUs)– more than six times the daily 600 IUs currently recommended for most adults and children — now considered the highest, reduced arterial stiffness the most and the fastest, 10.4 per cent in four months.)