Vitamin D, the Sunshine Supplement, Has Shadowy Money Behind It

Re:Vitamin D, the Sunshine Supplement, Has Shadowy Money Beh... by taeric on Sunday August 19, 2018 @01:25AM (#17792747)

The amount of faith in vitamin d is rather high. I'm not sure this reads nefariously yet, but it is hard not to think something is getting oversold when my doctor just assumes I need more of it. Didn't even test, just recommended.

So, color me shocked that we are finding that it is no panacea. Shocked.

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Re:Vitamin D, the Sunshine Supplement, Has Shadowy Money Beh... by jeffdavis on Sunday August 19, 2018 @01:38AM (#17792785)

I think doctors recommend it because most people get less sun than our ancestors, and supplementing is cheap and low-risk.

Kind of like saying "eat more vegetables" without bothering to ask you about your diet first.

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Re:Vitamin D, the Sunshine Supplement, Has Shadowy Money Beh... by amarsharma on Sunday August 19, 2018 @02:46AM (#17792949)

Vitamin D supplements cant be takes as “vegetables” as high dosage is toxic.

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Re:Vitamin D, the Sunshine Supplement, Has Shadowy Money Beh... by newscracker on Sunday August 19, 2018 @02:57AM (#17792975)

People tend to get misled by warnings toxicity by high doses of some vitamins. In the case of Vitamin D, you'd really have to overdo it a lot for several months to get to toxic levels.

If you examine this deeper, you'd find that it's not very easy to do, more so when you follow a doctor's recommendation and just overdo it in an effort to enhance its effects. Take a look at the dosage of supplements, look up online on how much is toxic, and the answer will change your mind on unfounded fears such as this.

I'm purposely not giving details in this comment so that people are free to lookup different (scientific) sources and decide.

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Re:Vitamin D, the Sunshine Supplement, Has Shadowy Money Beh... by akvadrako on Sunday August 19, 2018 @04:17AM (#17793201)

What makes you think a high dose of "vegetables" isn't toxic?

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Re:Vitamin D, the Sunshine Supplement, Has Shadowy Money Beh... by theyinwhy on Sunday August 19, 2018 @06:29AM (#17793635)

You can even kill yourself by drinking water. Ten liters I think it was ;)

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Re:Vitamin D, the Sunshine Supplement, Has Shadowy Money Beh... by amelius on Sunday August 19, 2018 @07:33AM (#17793843)

http://www.dhmo.org/facts.html

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Re:Vitamin D, the Sunshine Supplement, Has Shadowy Money Beh... by theyinwhy on Sunday August 19, 2018 @03:42PM (#17795834)

Nice page, but http://m.clinmed.rcpjournal.org/content/17/3/263.full

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Re:Vitamin D, the Sunshine Supplement, Has Shadowy Money Beh... by geomark on Sunday August 19, 2018 @02:18AM (#17792874)

Or the doctor says you need to lose weight because your BMI is above healthy range, without even looking at you to see that you are extraordinarily fit with all muscle mass and little body fat.

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Re:Vitamin D, the Sunshine Supplement, Has Shadowy Money Beh... by kwhitefoot on Sunday August 19, 2018 @04:55AM (#17793354)

Does any doctor do that? It has never happened to me or anyone I know.

Does my anecdata cancel your assertion?

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Re:Vitamin D, the Sunshine Supplement, Has Shadowy Money Beh... by geomark on Sunday August 19, 2018 @05:31AM (#17793472)

That happened to me, once. So yeah, I think my anecdote is cancelled out by your experience.

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