date:Mar 20, 2013
gh blacks to determine whether vitamin D supplements might reduce the racial disparity.
Researchers from seven major teaching hospitals conducted a four-arm, randomized, double-blinded study of 250 black adults. They tested blood pressure after a 3-month regimen of daily vitamin D supplementation at one of three doses, and compared the findings with a group taking placebo vitamins: taking 1,000 units of vitamin D each day for three months was associated with a .7 mm Hg decrease in systolic bloo