Vitamin D deficiency claim questioned

PEOPLE with low vitamin D levels don't have a greater increase in winter disease rates compared to others, a new study has found.

SCOTTISH scientists have challenged the notion that Vitamin D deficiency can cause heart disease and death.

VITAMIN D was first linked with excess winter disease in 1981, and thousands of healthy men and women agreed to have risk factors measured, blood taken for testing, and their medical records followed in the Scottish Heart Health Study.