Daily use of vitamin D or fish oil capsules can help reduce the risk of joint pain.
This was revealed in a recent medical study in the United States.
Research from Bergham and Women’s Hospital found that middle-aged people who took vitamin D supplements daily had a 22 percent lower risk of autoimmune diseases.
Similarly, in people who consume fish oil capsules daily, the risk is greatly reduced by 18%.
In autoimmune diseases, the body’s own immune cells invade healthy tissues, increasing the risk of diseases such as arthritis and psoriasis.
The latest study included about 26,000 middle-aged people and the results were released after a five-year trial.
The study participants were divided into 4 groups, one group was given vitamin D, the other was given fish oil capsules and the other 2 groups were given placebo.
The first group was given a daily dose of 2000 IU international units and the results were compared with the second group using the same amount of placebo.
One thousand milligrams of fish oil capsules were used and the last group was given a placebo in the same amount.
After a five-year trial, autoimmune diseases were confirmed with the help of medical records.
The study found that only 123 people in the vitamin D group had an autoimmune disease, compared to 155 in the placebo group.
According to researchers, this suggests that the use of vitamin D supplements reduces the risk of autoimmune diseases by 22%.
On the other hand, 130 cases were confirmed in the group using fish oil capsules, while 148 people in the placebo group were exposed to autoimmune diseases, meaning that the first group had 15 to 18% lower risk.
There is also evidence that prolonged use of fish oil capsules may increase protection.
Although autoimmune diseases are common in the elderly, so far experts have not been able to find a way to reduce their risk in humans.
We are now excited to test the effects of vitamin D and fish capsules in young people he said.
He said the results could not be applied to people who have developed autoimmune diseases in their youth.
He says more research is needed to find out why supplements provide protection, but the results suggest that they may reduce the risk of autoimmune diseases.
The results of a recent study were published in the medical journal British Medical Journal.
