Health Rewind: Black and White Women Absorb Vitamin D Exactly the Same

Vitamin D and women, STD rates and more.

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Black and White Women Absorb Vitamin D Exactly the Same - Even though 97 percent of African-Americans are vitamin D deficient, a new report found that Black women don’t need to take more of the supplement than white women. Researchers from Creighton University School of Medicine found that vitamin D absorbs and metabolizes exactly the same in both groups, reported Red Orbit. —Kellee Terrell  (Photo: Charlotte Observer/MCT /Landov)

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