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Barbara Kram, Editor | August 19, 2008
Investigations of vitamin D's health effects are expanding and areas of promising research include its role in type 1 diabetes, some cancers, autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis, and infectious diseases such as tuberculosis.
In light of recent research, some advocates and researchers have called for a review of the U.S. Dietary Reference Intakes for vitamin D. Current recommendations for daily vitamin D intake were developed in 1997 by the Food and Nutrition Board of the Institute of Medicine. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, in collaboration with the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Defense, and Health Canada are currently in discussions with the Institute of Medicine to revisit the recommendations.
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The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition supplement is available to subscribers at http://www.ajcn.org/, and contains an overview of the conference, invited papers from many of the conference speakers, and a summary of the roundtable discussion held following the conference. The supplement may be accessed via the ODS website, at http://ods.od.nih.gov/news/AJCN2008.aspx. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition is published by the American Society for Nutrition (http://www.nutrition.org/).
To learn more about vitamin D or other dietary supplements through fact sheets, databases, and other research resources, please visit the ODS website (http://dietary-supplements.info.nih.gov/index.aspx).
The Office of Dietary Supplements was established in 1995 as a result of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act. The mission of ODS is to strengthen knowledge and understanding of dietary supplements by evaluating scientific information, stimulating and supporting research, disseminating research results, and educating the public to foster an enhanced quality of life and health for the U.S. population.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) - The Nation's Medical Research Agency - includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is the primary federal agency for conducting and supporting basic, clinical and translational medical research, and it investigates the causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases. For more information about NIH and its programs, visit www.nih.gov.
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