Morning sunlight has a lot of benefit for the human body. Sunlight before 9 am can reduce blood cholesterol levels, improve the quality of breathing, make the body become more fresh and can be quite healthy for the bones. Not only that, it is also quite beneficial for diabetics. Vitamin D in sunlight can help improve blood sugar levels.
A recent study found that vitamin D which the body gets when exposed to sunlight in the morning can help people with type 2 diabetes to improve their blood sugar levels. Adequate vitamin D could actually help the cells in the body in charge of producing insulin to work well.
Researchers from Iran involved 90 people with type 2 diabetes for 12 weeks by giving vitamin D and one group was given vitamin D plus calcium. Researchers found that participants who took vitamin D with or without calcium had blood sugar levels that are significantly better.
The same thing also expressed by Esther Krug, MD, a endocrinologist from Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, who said that vitamin D has an active role in regulating pancreatic beta cells which functions to make insulin, according to Menshealth.
In fact, another study published in the Diabetes Care showed low levels of vitamin D that can make adults at risk of prediabetes and prehypertension. Besides that, taking supplements containing vitamin D and calcium can slow the progression of type 2 diabetes. Because of this relationship, the screening of vitamin D deficiency in people with type 2 diabetes could be done.
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