Does diet affect breast cancer risk?

Rosa ribbon day (15.10.2010) made me curious about what new information has accumulated in regards to breast cancer and diet. After several PubMed literature reviews I could conclude that majority of the scientific human data is based on cohort trials. Few randomized...

Vitamin D supplementation, no effects on lipids or glucose

Low intake of vitamin D is associated with incidence of diabetes and cardiovascular disease in observational studies. However, this one year randomized trial shows that a high dose, 140 micrograms per day, of D3 has no effect on lipids or glucose tolerance. The same study showed similar neutral results on weight management). High doses were well tolerated.

Vitamin D supplementation in Crohn’s disease

This randomized controlled trial estimated the effect of vitamin D supplementation on activity of Crohn’s disease. This is the first study of its kind. Even if there were no statistically significant differences in outcomes, patients on vitamin D supplementation tended have less relapses and maintained the remission more often.