Vitamin D interacts with genes in MS

February 5th, 2009 · No Comments

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/02/05/ms-vitamin-d.html

Very interesting article out today on vitamin D! Just a snippet:

Vitamin D seems to help control a gene known to increase the risk of multiple sclerosis — a finding that suggests taking vitamin D supplements during pregnancy and early in life may help prevent the disease.

“I think it’s the first time that the environment and genetics are brought together, this is something that links the two,” Dr. George Ebers, a Canadian who is based at the University of Oxford in London, told CBC News.

“It’s saying that the environmental factor, which is everybody’s favourite at the moment, which is vitamin D, directly interacts with the gene region … that has the biggest effect on your MS risk.”