CBS 5 - KPHO Vitamin D may help prevent strokes

Vitamin D may help prevent strokes

Vitamin D may help prevent strokes.

A new study finds people who have higher levels of Vitamin D in their diet cut their risk of stroke 11 percent.

Researchers in Alabama also discovered that people who live in areas with less than average sunlight had a 60 percent higher risk of stroke.

Copyright 2012 KPHO. All rights reserved. CBS News contributed to this report.