The Truth About Vitamin D: Fourteen Reasons Why Misunderstanding Endures
Summary:
1.Vitamin D is not a vitamin; it is an
immunosuppressive steroid.
2.The vast majority of studies fail to
account for the long-term effects of
vitamin D.
3. Chronically ill people are not
deficient in vitamin D.
4. Healthy people are not deficient in
vitamin D and do not need to consume
extra amounts of this steroid.
5.The public does not require extra
sun exposure in order to prevent
vitamin D ―deficiency.
6.Vitamin D does not reverse
osteoporosis.
7.Extra vitamin D does not reduce the
risk of cancer.
8.Vitamin D deficiency does not cause
rickets.
9.Most researchers fail to consider the
alternate hypothesis about vitamin D.
10.When it comes to vitamin D, the
current medical climate of consensus is
hostile to new ideas.
11.Research touting vitamin D‘s
benefits is often biased,
methodologically weak, and ultimately
misleading.
12.The dairy and supplement industries
are intent on heavily promoting vitamin
D.
13.The media is neither well-informed
nor objective about vitamin D.
14.We must take immediate action to
remedy the health crisis that has
resulted from faulty conclusions about
vitamin D in chronic disease.
Summary:
1.Vitamin D is not a vitamin; it is an
immunosuppressive steroid.
2.The vast majority of studies fail to
account for the long-term effects of
vitamin D.
3. Chronically ill people are not
deficient in vitamin D.
4. Healthy people are not deficient in
vitamin D and do not need to consume
extra amounts of this steroid.
5.The public does not require extra
sun exposure in order to prevent
vitamin D ―deficiency.
6.Vitamin D does not reverse
osteoporosis.
7.Extra vitamin D does not reduce the
risk of cancer.
8.Vitamin D deficiency does not cause
rickets.
9.Most researchers fail to consider the
alternate hypothesis about vitamin D.
10.When it comes to vitamin D, the
current medical climate of consensus is
hostile to new ideas.
11.Research touting vitamin D‘s
benefits is often biased,
methodologically weak, and ultimately
misleading.
12.The dairy and supplement industries
are intent on heavily promoting vitamin
D.
13.The media is neither well-informed
nor objective about vitamin D.
14.We must take immediate action to
remedy the health crisis that has
resulted from faulty conclusions about
vitamin D in chronic disease.