USANA Health Sciences and TOSH Collaborate on New Vitamin Studies

Can Vitamin D Reduce Muscular Weakness in Healthy, Active Adults?Second Study Examines Vitamin C Role in Knee Injury Recovery

MURRAY, Utah, Jul 15, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Can something as a simple as a vitamin supplement help your body recover more quickly from the pain and stiffness associated with vigorous exercise, or even improve recovery from surgery? Researchers at TOSH--The Orthopedic Specialty Hospital and USANA Health Sciences, Inc. /quotes/comstock/15*!usna/quotes/nls/usna (USNA 39.27, 0.00, 0.00%) are hoping to answer these questions with different studies focused on vitamin supplements. 

In the first study, Tyler Barker, PhD., a physiologist at TOSH, and Brian Dixon, PhD., a senior scientist at USANA, are hoping to determine whether vitamin D -- most recently championed as a means to prevent or reduce a person's risk of cardiovascular disease -- can reduce post-exercise

More Evidence Supports the Importance of Vitamin D in Heart Disease Prevention

by Marek Doyle, citizen journalist

Although the link between low Vitamin D status and chronic disease has been well known for some time, a new study has shed further light on the role of Vitamin D in cases of hypertension and congestive heart failure.

Researchers from the Medical College of Wisconsin analysed genetic data from 617 individuals stored at the Marshfield Clinical Personalized Medicine project, a DNA databank. They separated the group equally into a healthy control group, those with high blood pressure and those with high blood pressure and congestive heart failure, and it became clear that there was a striking correlation between those who suffered from both ailments and a deviation in the CYP27B1 gene, which reduces the rate that the body converts stored vitamin D into its active form.

February is Heart Health Month

DID YOU KNOW...

The average adult heart pumps 7500 liters (2000 gallons) of blood each day. As one of the hardest working organs in the body, the heart has unique nutritional needs. Nutritional deficiencies may even contribute to cardiovascular disease which is the leading cause of death in Australia, New Zealand and the United States. Our Heart Health supplements are specially designed to support healthy heart function.

February is Heart Health Month, and USANA is helping you maintain sound cardiovascular health in a big way. For this month only, USANA is offering the Heart Smart Pack! Complete with Optimizers Proflavanol® 90, CoQuinone™, and BiOmega™ dietary supplements. The Heart Smart Pack is a great way to fight free radicals and give your heart the support it needs.

 

Heart Smart Pack! Available February at only $199

....a saving of $59 NZD.