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Vitamin D & Diabetes, what’s the connection?
5 min read - fact checked ✔ World Vitamin D Day - 2nd November Today is World Vitamin D day, and there is no better day to raise awareness about this important steroid hormone and its importance to the pathophysiology of diabetes than during Diabetes Awareness month. Vitamin D plays a crucial role in pancreatic beta cell function (figure 1) as the pancreas expresses high levels of vitamin D receptors involved in insulin release (1). Insulin secretion is a calcium-dependent process, and calcium homeostasis is…......
