The Effects of Calcium and Vitamin D Supplementation on Blood Glucose and Markers of Inflammation in Nondiabetic Adults
Response to Tournis and Mitrakou
- Anastassios G. Pittas, MD, MSC1 and
- Bess Dawson-Hughes, MD12
- 1Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Tufts New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
- 2Bone Metabolism Laboratory, Jean Mayer U.S. Department of Agriculture, Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts
- Address correspondence to Anastassios G. Pittas, MD, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Tufts New England Medical Center, 750 Washington St., No. 268, Boston, MA 02111. E-mail: apittas{at}tufts-nemc.org
We would like to thank Tournis and Mitrakou (1) for their comments on our recent publication (2), and we appreciate the opportunity to respond. We agree that the favorable effects of vitamin D on glycemia may, at least in part, be due to the favorable …
