What role does vitamin D play in metabolic health? Can addressing vitamin D deficiency decrease the risk of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes?
Tune in on Wednesday 1/21 at 11am PT, when GrassrootsHealth will be hosting Dr. Barbara Boucher for this “Vitamin D Study Hour” to focus on the role of vitamin D deficiency in metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance, and the development of type 2 diabetes.
Your homework assignment for this study hour is to:
- Read the paper “Can Vitamin D Supplementation Reduce Insulin Resistance and Hence the Risks of Type 2 Diabetes?” by Dr. Barbara Boucher
- Read the paper “Inadequate vitamin D status: does it contribute to the disorders comprising syndrome ‘X’?”
Submit your questions ahead of time for this or any one of our upcoming Vitamin D Study Hour webinars here: https://www.grassrootshealth.
About Dr. Barbara Boucher
Barbara Joan Boucher, MD, FRCP, is an Honorary Professor of Metabolic Medicine at the Centre for Diabetes, Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, with more than 50 years of research and clinical experience. She previously served as a Consultant Physician in General and Emergency Medicine at the Royal London Hospital and as a Senior Lecturer in Diabetes and Metabolic Medicine, and her research has focused primarily on hypovitaminosis D and human disease, as well as environmental risk factors such as betel chewing and metabolic health. Professor Boucher has authored over 160 peer-reviewed publications and has collaborated extensively on large international cohort studies examining vitamin D, metabolic syndrome, diabetes, and cardiovascular risk across the life course.
Learn more about Dr. Boucher here.
