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In the ongoing Framingham Heart Study scientists showed that those subjects with lower levels of vitamin D tended to have increased waist circumference and higher serum insulin levels – two major indications of dangerous visceral fat accumulation. Sunshine is your single best natural source of D (and sunscreen can block the healthy UV rays needed for vitamin D formation). (14)
References:
14.Cheng S, Massaro JM, Fox CS, Larson MG, Keyes MJ, McCabe EL, Robins SJ, O’Donnell CJ, Hoffmann U, Jacques PF, Booth SL, Vasan RS, Wolf M, Wang TJ. Adiposity, cardiometabolic risk, and vitamin D status: the Framingham heart study. Diabetes. 2010;59(1):242-248.
