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Pulmonary Function
Bill from Florida writes:
Dr. Cannell: Is it true I can smoke if I keep my vitamin D levels up?
Dr. Cannell replies:
No, that is not true. What you may be referring to is the most amazing study on vitamin D recently released. Using NHANES III data, Dr's. Black and Scragg discovered that vitamin D levels were strongly associated with pulmonary function (how well your lungs work). Who would have thought? They found that people with the highest vitamin D levels who had smoked had better pulmonary function than those with the lowest levels who had never smoked! That is, of two things that hurt your lungs (vitamin D deficiency and smoking) vitamin D deficiency may cause more damage than smoking! However, the study said nothing about lung cancer—so stop smoking.
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