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Originally posted by QuirtEvans:
My GP in Massachusetts stopped testing people's Vitamin D banks, because she said everyone was low. (Maybe because of the northern climate.). She just recommended a supplement to all patients. I've been taking one daily for years.

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Everyone seems to be low.

I wonder why that is.

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Originally posted by ShiroKuro:

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Everyone seems to be low.

I wonder why that is.

My guess is, we are all just spending too much time inside, and when we do go out, we wear sunscreen etc.

In my case, I know it's too much time inside.

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Everyone loves D, the sunshine vitamin. Doctors, patients and the media have been enamoured with vitamin D supplements for decades. As well as their clear benefit in curing severe vitamin D deficiencies, endless headlines hail their magical ability to reduce a vast range of conditions from dementia to cancer.

Medical specialists such as myself have been promoting supplements to our patients with osteoporosis and other bone problems for decades. Many food products contain artificially added vitamin D with the aim of preventing fractures and falls and improving muscle strength although the vitamin also has been claimed to boost the immune system and reduce ageing. I used to sometimes take vitamin D myself and recommended it to my family to survive sun-starved winters.

However, a new paper on the risks that vitamin D may pose finally has convinced me that I was wrong. My view on vitamin supplements and the multi-billion dollar industry behind them altered radically after I began researching my book, The Diet Myth, in 2013. The industry and its PR is supported by celebrities who reportedly have high-dose vitamins drip fed into their veins, and around 50% of Americans and Britons take them regularly. But surprisingly, there is a lack of evidence to support the health benefit claims of virtually all vitamin supplements on the market.