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I was told recently that US Doctors have lost their license over this topic; no idea if that is true.

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experimenting 3y ago
For a long time, the Mayo Clinic claimed vitamin D supplementation to combat SARS infections had no scientific proof and was possibly dangerous. If such an authoritative source claims pseudo science and danger, your annecdote could very well be true.
- lowmagnet 3y ago
  Low vitamin D reduces correct responses by the immune system, and contributes to autoimmune disorders and results in higher possibility of infection.
  - sacnoradhq 3y ago
    It's not a surprise that fundamental health improves outcomes against novel infections. Public health should be encouraging significant evidence-based habits routinely.
kstrauser 3y ago
No. My memory of the news stories were that some doctors preached it as a miracle preventative/cure, which let to patients neglecting other more effective preventatives because they thought they were safe from getting sick. I think any doctor would tell you to take supplements if your lab tests showed that you're low. There's nothing controversial in that advice.
mistrial9 3y ago
source: recently retired US Registered Nurse
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago
  A retired nurse passed you a rumour about a license revocal, a publicly-documented process. Instead of asking for evidence, you repeated the rumour and then tossed in a CYA disclaimer.
resoluteteeth 3y ago
I doubt it. Michael F. Holick is probably the biggest vitamin d proponent and he has gained notoriety for having received a lot of money from companies making vitamin d supplements, as well as having done some wild stuff, such as defending abusive parents in court on the theory that children's broken bones are a result of vitamin d deficiency: > In one case of a child who had suffered broken bones in which Holick defended the accused parent, the child later went on to suffer severe brain injury, for which the parent has been indicted. as well as this interesting theory: > Holick has speculated that the dinosaurs may have died of rickets and osteomalacia caused by a lack of vitamin D in reduced sunlight https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_F._Holick https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_F._Holick and the only repercussion he has faced was the place he works not allowing him to treat children anymore. If he hasn't had his medical license revoked I doubt any doctor simply recommending vitamin d would have theirs revoked.
anonuser123456 3y ago
My wife’s OBGYN endorses homeopathy. You have to kill someone or question covid vaccines to lose your license in this country.

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For a long time, the Mayo Clinic claimed vitamin D supplementation to combat SARS infections had no scientific proof and was possibly dangerous. If such an authoritative source claims pseudo science and danger, your annecdote could very well be true.

lowmagnet 3y ago
Low vitamin D reduces correct responses by the immune system, and contributes to autoimmune disorders and results in higher possibility of infection.
- sacnoradhq 3y ago
  It's not a surprise that fundamental health improves outcomes against novel infections. Public health should be encouraging significant evidence-based habits routinely.

kstrauser 3y ago

No. My memory of the news stories were that some doctors preached it as a miracle preventative/cure, which let to patients neglecting other more effective preventatives because they thought they were safe from getting sick. I think any doctor would tell you to take supplements if your lab tests showed that you're low. There's nothing controversial in that advice.

mistrial9 3y ago

source: recently retired US Registered Nurse

JumpCrisscross 3y ago
A retired nurse passed you a rumour about a license revocal, a publicly-documented process. Instead of asking for evidence, you repeated the rumour and then tossed in a CYA disclaimer.

resoluteteeth 3y ago

I doubt it. Michael F. Holick is probably the biggest vitamin d proponent and he has gained notoriety for having received a lot of money from companies making vitamin d supplements, as well as having done some wild stuff, such as defending abusive parents in court on the theory that children's broken bones are a result of vitamin d deficiency: > In one case of a child who had suffered broken bones in which Holick defended the accused parent, the child later went on to suffer severe brain injury, for which the parent has been indicted. as well as this interesting theory: > Holick has speculated that the dinosaurs may have died of rickets and osteomalacia caused by a lack of vitamin D in reduced sunlight https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_F._Holick https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_F._Holick and the only repercussion he has faced was the place he works not allowing him to treat children anymore. If he hasn't had his medical license revoked I doubt any doctor simply recommending vitamin d would have theirs revoked.

anonuser123456 3y ago

My wife’s OBGYN endorses homeopathy. You have to kill someone or question covid vaccines to lose your license in this country.