Re:Vitamin D, part 3 – The Evidence
by tboyd47 on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @11:46AM
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Perhaps it's just more complicated than the prevailing paradigm of "have problem -> take drug -> problem go away." It could be that Vitamin D deficiency is itself a symptom of an array of underlying problems, or that it is one factor among many leading to a pathology, or that various levels of Vitamin D have various effects among different patients, or all of the above.
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Re:Vitamin D, part 3 – The Evidence
by nicoffeine on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @12:20PM
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I think it's also that health has become a product, which is skewing all the solutions into things that are easy to market, package, and distribute. You probably need sunlight in addition to foods with other nutrients to optimize systems that regulate Vitamin D levels, whether it's just a marker or not.
Just like they discovered using cannabinoids to treat seizures required the "full spectrum" of the plant to be the most effective, we are finding out the hard way that trying to isolate compounds to treat anything in a biological system is often the wrong approach.
It's been 20 years since "the only thing more effective is regular exercise" was a punchline on the Simpsons. It's disappointing that we are still prioritizing R&D for magic pills rather than getting fresh food and physical activity reintegrated into our lives.