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> It has been estimated that as much as 25% of health care dollars could be saved just by improving the world’s vitamin D status. Seems like a low hanging frui

by hu3 3y ago

> It has been estimated that as much as 25% of health care dollars could be saved just by improving the world’s vitamin D status. Seems like a low hanging fruit for the government.

lupire 3y ago
Smells like BS. The source is a 1989 paper about a 1983 study about 37 people wth colon cancer.. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(89)91789-3/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6...
- ipaddr 3y ago
  The issue you have is the study was from 1983 and you were expecting it to be repeated yesterday so the study must be bs? What a weird generation who won't watch an old movie until it's redone poorly.
bolster 3y ago
So you're saying lack of sun increases health care expenditure? Excellent. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyjJbhuwGkU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyjJbhuwGkU
defrost 3y ago
It certainly was, although capping sun exposure to pre cancer levels was the message: One of the most successful health campaigns in Australia's history was launched in 1981, when a cheerful seagull in board shorts, t-shirt and hat danced his way across our TV screens singing the jingle. 'Slip, Slop, Slap! It sounds like a breeze when you say it like that Slip, Slop, Slap! In the sun we always say 'Slip, Slop, Slap!' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7nocIenCYg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7nocIenCYg and then there was the Life, Be in It campaign (1975) promoting exercise and good diet, eg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNjEge3Awl8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNjEge3Awl8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuqDlF8DUuY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuqDlF8DUuY
oarfish 3y ago
That does seem very unreasonable or misleading. If they are implying that everyone should just supplement, it would be bullshit, since current science as far as i know is that supplementation hardly does anything. Impeoving vitamin d status through solving the underlying conditions that cause it, this may be an argument, but then it's phrased completely the wrong way.

by hu3 3y ago

> It has been estimated that as much as 25% of health care dollars could be saved just by improving the world’s vitamin D status. Seems like a low hanging fruit for the government.

lupire 3y ago

Smells like BS. The source is a 1989 paper about a 1983 study about 37 people wth colon cancer.. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(89)91789-3/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6...

ipaddr 3y ago
The issue you have is the study was from 1983 and you were expecting it to be repeated yesterday so the study must be bs? What a weird generation who won't watch an old movie until it's redone poorly.

bolster 3y ago

So you're saying lack of sun increases health care expenditure? Excellent. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyjJbhuwGkU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyjJbhuwGkU

defrost 3y ago

It certainly was, although capping sun exposure to pre cancer levels was the message: One of the most successful health campaigns in Australia's history was launched in 1981, when a cheerful seagull in board shorts, t-shirt and hat danced his way across our TV screens singing the jingle. 'Slip, Slop, Slap! It sounds like a breeze when you say it like that Slip, Slop, Slap! In the sun we always say 'Slip, Slop, Slap!' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7nocIenCYg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7nocIenCYg and then there was the Life, Be in It campaign (1975) promoting exercise and good diet, eg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNjEge3Awl8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNjEge3Awl8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuqDlF8DUuY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuqDlF8DUuY

oarfish 3y ago

That does seem very unreasonable or misleading. If they are implying that everyone should just supplement, it would be bullshit, since current science as far as i know is that supplementation hardly does anything. Impeoving vitamin d status through solving the underlying conditions that cause it, this may be an argument, but then it's phrased completely the wrong way.