This Vite That Helps Your Health & Wallet

From eNewsletter 11/9/2026

DID YOU KNOW the vitamin D supplements lower the risk of type 2 diabetes (TD2) in adults with prediabetes? Researchers publishing in The Lancet assessed the long-term cost-effectiveness of vitamin D supplementation for preventing TD2.

In a large sample size, vitamin D supplementation reduced per-person lifetime costs by $3208, increased lifetime quality-adjusted life years, and yielded a lifetime net monetary benefit of $15,483. Life-years gained were 0.27 per person. Vitamin D reduced the lifetime cumulative incidence of diabetes by 8%. Diabetes complications were reduced by an average of 6.4%.

Pretty amazing given all the other wonderful things that vitamin D does. Are you paying attention to this Endocrine Society?

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