There seems to be no end to the saga of Vitamin D. It seems to be ever stretching as more and more facts are discovered almost by the day. It is likely to impact the health and well being of individuals and societies in significant ways.

After having been confined for almost a century to the backwaters of the nutritional world, Vitamin Dhas finally emerged in recent times as the new and luminous star on the horizon.

In addition to the long standing and traditional role of Vitamin D related to bone health, it also plays an important role in immunity enhancement; in the prevention and treatment of several forms of cancer and diabetes; in some forms of ovarian disease as well as in obesity management.

In fact, the role of Vitamin D in the mental health of older adults is also being increasingly recognised.

To the impressive list of the benefits of Vitamin D we can now add a very recent and extremely important discovery that relates to its important role in heart health.

The connection between Vitamin D and cardiac health was initially noticed in patients suffering from renal failure. It was known for some time that such patients suffered from Vitamin D deficiency. It was thus natural to see if Vitamin D supplementation in such patients could help in reducing cardiovascular risk in such patients.

A study published in a reputed journal in 2004 suggests that Vitamin D supplementation substantially reduced the risk of heart trouble in patients with renal failure.

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