According to a recent study carried out across seven million people evidence was found that suggests keeping up your levels of vitamin D could help to prevent people developing multiple sclerosis (MS).  The study revealed that people with high levels of vitamin D in their blood stream were around 62% less likely to develop MS.  This was noted predominantly in white skinned people and may explain why there is an increase in cases the further from the equator people live.  As sunlight is weaker the further away from the equator you get, and sunlight is required to produce vitamin D there could be a direct correlation.  More tests need to be done however to confirm these findings.

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