Vitamin D supports bone health, but supplementation may impact your body’s natural production.
Who is behind it
Voices including a licensed acupuncturist and clinician-educator, a clinical nutritionist and a licensed practitioner.
How strong the research is
Well studied in published research, as well as in practice.
In their words
“adequate levels of vitamin d uh vitamin k2 magnesium and ironically sodium also because if people are deficient in sodium we will pull sodium out of the bones and when we pull the sodium out of the bones we also pull calcium with it”
a former research biochemist
Vitamin D of 32 is normal but better health outcomes are seen at 60-80.
Vitamin D is the most important supplement for keeping children's immune systems strong.
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With care
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Considered helpful in immune regulation for long COVID patients.
Vitamin D production from sunlight is important for bone health, immune function, and mood regulation; supplements may be necessary when sunlight is limited.
Where they disagree
Both sides
Against
Vitamin D levels naturally drop in winter due to lack of UVB sunlight, so supplementation to maintain high levels all winter is unnecessary and artificial.
a clinical nutritionistMost of the minds come down in favour, and the dissent is worth knowing.
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The research beneath it
- High dose dietary vitamin D allocates surplus calories to muscle and growth instead of fat via modulation of myostatin and leptin signaling.Research square, 2024
- Efficacy and Safety of Vitamin D Supplementation to Prevent COVID-19 in Frontline Healthcare Workers. A Randomized Clinical Trial.Archives of medical research, 2022
- Vitamin D Supplements and Prevention of Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease.The New England journal of medicine, 2019
- Vitamin D Deficiency in Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Does it Exist?Oman medical journal, 2015
- Vitamin D intake and incidence of multiple sclerosis.Neurology, 2004
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