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Re:High doses of vitamin D rapidly reduce arterial stiffness by sametmax on Thursday January 04, 2018 @02:54AM (#16068693)
You keep saying that but you haven't read the document. Basically it says 'there are pros and cons' but we still recommend the drug. Very little explanation on to why, and on that consequences on long term use of the drug. There is basically zero study there on the consequences on what they advice, just educated guesses and they tell you "yeah do it but check with a doctor regularly". This is not science.
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Re:High doses of vitamin D rapidly reduce arterial stiffness by phonon on Thursday January 04, 2018 @07:02AM (#16069693)
That's why there's a bibliography on the bottom. Review the source material they relied upon.
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Re:High doses of vitamin D rapidly reduce arterial stiffness by sametmax on Thursday January 04, 2018 @12:10PM (#16071981)
Not justifying conclusion, saying "check with experts" and giving away sources is not a proper medical recommendation.

It's like me writing a report to my client on "should you use an HTTP API", ending up with "probably yes but it depends so check with you local web dev" and sourcing O'Reilly books. It's political correct bullshit: as the expert, it's my job to not only give a strong actionable conclusion, but to justify the hell out of it.

Have you read the list of possible side effects of the drug ?

https://www.drugs.com/sfx/malarone-side-effects.html

This is a very active product.

If you advice somebody to take it PREVENTIVELY when you are healthy, not even mentioning on a long period of time, you better have a really compelling case.

Not just "meh, yeah do it".

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Re:High doses of vitamin D rapidly reduce arterial stiffness by pbhjpbhj on Thursday January 04, 2018 @12:28PM (#16072118)
>Review the source material they relied upon. //

Isn't the point of orgs like the CDC that individual citizens, who aren't experienced in the field, don't have to attempt to analyse the data for themselves; experienced people with expertise who are demonstrably not biased by commercial interests, should be giving you a simple result that anyone with a 11+ yo reading comprehension can follow and know they're doing what most experts would recommend.

If the advice differs from other country's health organisations, or from the WHO's then they should say why.

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