{"id":3160,"date":"2010-02-03T04:00:54","date_gmt":"2010-02-03T08:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/blog\/index.php\/billions-saved-with-vitamin-d\/"},"modified":"2010-02-03T04:00:54","modified_gmt":"2010-02-03T08:00:54","slug":"billions-saved-with-vitamin-d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/billions-saved-with-vitamin-d\/","title":{"rendered":"Billions Saved With Vitamin D"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThere are 920,000 heart attacks suffered in the United States every year.4 According to the American Heart Association, the annual cost of health care services, medications, and lost productivity related to these heart attacks is over $156 billion. The annual retail cost of all 300 million Americans (including children) supplementing with 1,000 IU of vitamin D per day is $6.6 billion.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><a href=\"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/2010-02-03-saving-lives-copy.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3161\" style=\"margin: 5px 10px;\" title=\"2010-02-03 saving lives copy\" src=\"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/2010-02-03-saving-lives-copy.jpg\" alt=\"2010-02-03 saving lives copy\" width=\"167\" height=\"88\" \/><\/a><em><strong>\u201cSo if vitamin D\u2019s only benefit was to reduce coronary heart attack rates by 142%, the net savings (after deducting the cost of the vitamin D) if every American supplemented properly would be around $84 billion each year. That\u2019s enough to put a major dent in the health care cost crisis that is forecast to bankrupt Medicare and many private insurance plans.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Life Extension Magazine, in a recent editorial on health care costs. To read the full editorial <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lef.org\/magazine\/mag2009\/jan2009_Millions-of-Needless-Deaths_01.htm\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThere are 920,000 heart attacks suffered in the United States every year.4 According to the American Heart Association, the annual cost of health care services, medications, and lost productivity related to these heart attacks is over $156 billion. 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