Posted on 09/17/2011 7:12:02 PM PDT by decimon
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite some research linking low vitamin D levels to heart disease, a new study suggests that lacking D does not increase one's risk of an irregular heartbeat known as atrial fibrillation.
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"I think the study was done well," said Dr. Michal Melamed, who studies vitamin D at the Einstein School of Medicine in New York and was not involved in the research. It shows that this one vitamin doesn't have an effect on all heart diseases, which is a good thing, she said.
A 2008 study of the same group of Framingham participants found that vitamin D levels were associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease.
"We think that low vitamin D affects the architecture of the heart, but I'm not sure that it affects the electrical system of the heart," Melamed told Reuters Health.
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You give yourself away with this. You call them quacks without knowing a thing about them and continue with the "follow the money" line without knowing anything about that. Someone could as easily play the "follow the money" game with Sarah Palin, Ronald Reagan or George Washington.
Yup still no answer which validates everything I thought... LOL! Thanks for the laugh!
You can as well answer where the funding came from as I can. That was a foolish question.
Or, if it's not a foolish question then you answer it to support your contention.
LOL! Thanks for the laugh!
I doubt that anyone believes you are laughing.
I don’t and I think you nailed it! :)
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