{"id":353200,"date":"2025-08-18T03:20:28","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T03:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/353200\/"},"modified":"2025-08-18T03:20:28","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T03:20:28","slug":"landmark-study-suggests-daily-supplement-could-slow-ageing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/353200\/","title":{"rendered":"Landmark study suggests daily supplement could slow ageing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Researchers found adults who took 2,000 IU of the vitamin daily for four years had significantly less telomere shortening – the DNA caps linked to aging – then those who did not. <\/p>\n

This lack of shortening resulted in nearly three fewer years of biological ageing over that period. <\/p>\n

Scientists believe vitamin D’s anti-inflammatory effects may help preserve telomores. <\/p>\n

Dr Jo-Ann Manson, the trial’s lead invesigator, described the findings as “a promising role for vitamin D in slowing a pathway for biological aging and age-related chronic disease”. <\/p>\n

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The same trial also tested omega-3 fatty acids, but found no effect on telomere length – making vitamin D the standout. <\/p>\n

Experts caution that while these findings are encouraging, more research is needed before health guidelines are updated. <\/p>\n

“Keep in mind that taking a supplement will never be a substitute for a healthy diet and healthy lifestyle,” Manson said. <\/p>\n

“Although it\u2019s much easier to pop a pill than to be physically active outdoors and eat healthfully, these lifestyle factors will do more to keep you healthy and lower your risk of cardiovascular disease, cancer, type 2 diabetes, and other chronic diseases of aging.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Researchers found adults who took 2,000 IU of the vitamin daily for four years had significantly less telomere…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":353201,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4318],"tags":[105,4434,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-353200","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nutrition","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-nutrition","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115047617309367958","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=353200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353200\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/353201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}