10 Benefits of Vitamin D3
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Vitamin D3 Benefit #9: Lower Cholesterol
Vitamin D3 can aid improvement of good and bad Cholesterol. HDL stands for high-density lipoproteins and is the good cholesterol because it carries cholesterol from other parts of the body back to the liver. LDL stands for low-density lipoproteins and is known as the bad cholesterol because it is associated with risks of heart disease.
In a study published by The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, observed 63 healthy, overweight and obese women given supplementation of vitamin D and calcium in a 15-week weight loss intervention. The study found significant improvement in HDL and LDL cholesterol levels 8https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/85/1/54/4649418.
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