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That is true, but this situation is very different. Vitamin D is very much unlike other vitamins and is arguably a steroid more than a vitamin. The body does
by m0llusk 9y ago
That is true, but this situation is very different. Vitamin D is very much unlike other vitamins and is arguably a steroid more than a vitamin. The body does not make its own and is not very good at taking it up. Large amounts of Vitamin D have been studied for a while and do not show the risks that other vitamins do including multivitamins. Vitamin D supplementation has been shown to have a broad range of positive effects including reducing cancer and incidents of flu and common cold.
- maxerickson 9y agoVitamin D is synthesized in the skin when it is exposed to sunlight. That means that it technically isn't a vitamin (a necessary dietary component).
- pbhjpbhj 9y ago>Vitamin D supplementation has been shown to have a broad range of positive effects // So it should be supplemented rather than acquired through diet? Is there some mechanism that makes it less beneficial to eat foods with VitD rather than to supplement?