High Blood Pressure Will Not Be Lowered With The Help Of Vitamin D

New findings published in the JAMA Internal Medicine have suggested that vitamin D supplements are actually ineffective when it comes to lowering blood pressure.

Otherwise known as the "sunshine vitamin," this nutrient is produced when the skin is exposed to sunlight and can also be found naturally in certain foods or in certain enriched food products.

Lead study author Dr. Miles Witham of the University of Dundee in Scotland analyzed clinical trial data on individual patient data regarding the vitamin D supplementation and blood pressure. The study authors included 46 trials (4,541 participants) and individual patient data was obtained for 27 trials (3,092 participants).

Both the clinical trial and individual patient data showed no effect on systolic blood pressure or diastolic blood pressure due to vitamin D supplementation.

"The results of this analysis do not support the use of vitamin D or its analogues as an individual patient treatment for hypertension or as a population-level intervention to lower BP," study authors concluded, via Health Day.