Monday, March 8, 2010

Vitamin D 'triggers and arms' the immune system

Vitamin D is crucial to the fending off of infections, claims new research.

By Richard Alleyne, Science Correspondent
Published: 6:00PM GMT 07 Mar 2010
The so-called sunshine vitamin, which can be obtained from food or manufactured by human skin exposed to the sun, plays a key role in boosting the immune system, researchers believe.
In particular it triggers and arms the body's T cells, the cells in the body that seek out and destroy any invading bacteria and viruses.

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