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Image via Wikipedia A recent study published in Diabetes Care, January 2001 edition; suggest that taking vitamin C and calcium supplements can significantly reduce the risk of developing diabetes mellitus.
The study showed a 9% reduction in the risk of diabetes when taking a vitamin C supplement and an even more impressive reduction of 15% when taking a high quality calcium supplement.
This study consisted of more than 232K participants who were enrolled in the National Institute Of Health/AARP Die and Health Study. There were approximately 14K cases of diabetes diagnosed among these participants.
Researchers from Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston where the study was conducted said that there was no association between the use of multivitamins and the risk of diabetes. They added that vitamin E along with other individual vitamins were also not associated with risk.
Other studies have shown that vitamin C is effective in fighting common colds, heart disease, infections and some forms of cancer. In fact Nobel Prize Laureate Dr. Linus Pauling
Red peppers, kiwi fruit, oranges, strawberries, cantaloupe and cooked cabbage are some of the foods which are high in vitamin C content.
Dairy products such as milk, yogurt and cheese can provide us with adequate levels of calcium. Plant based foods such as beans, kale, Chinese cabbage, spinach; bok choy and tofu are also good sources. Calcium that is present in plant based foods are more easily absorbed and utilized by the body than calcium found in dairy product.
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