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Re:High doses of vitamin D rapidly reduce arterial stiffness by naasking on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @02:47PM (#16064395)
Note the caveat at the end:

> "Remember, this RDA is for bone health only," Gallagher cautioned. "It may be different for other diseases. Although trials looking into cancer, diabetes, and other diseases are ongoing, we do not have information about this yet."

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Re:High doses of vitamin D rapidly reduce arterial stiffness by dragonwriter on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @02:51PM (#16064427)
The actual RDA for Vitamin D is set based on bone health, since there is not sufficient data for other conditions it may effect, so that's not a significant caveat when it comes to a recommendation to change the RDA.
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Re:High doses of vitamin D rapidly reduce arterial stiffness by fao_ on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @03:01PM (#16064499)
The RDI baseline is always set to bone health. It's an indicator for the general population, not people with illnesses that may increase their RDI amount.
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Re:High doses of vitamin D rapidly reduce arterial stiffness by naasking on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @03:14PM (#16064628)
Except Vitamin D influences more than just bone health, and the recent research suggesting we should increase recommended dosages has centered on that.
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