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That was in 2015, he might have been ahead of the curve on that one.

jszymborski 2y ago
The metadata from this page [0] is from 2009 and makes some, uh, interesting assertions about how Big Pharma is why folks don't "know" about Vitamin D. [0] https://www.grc.com/health/vitamin-d.htm https://www.grc.com/health/vitamin-d.htm
- stavros 2y ago
  Well, the assertion is just "pharma companies don't research it because there's no money in it, because it can't be patented", which makes sense.
  - jszymborski 2y ago
    According to this page, there is plenty of research to show that Vitamin D is a cure-all that folks just don't know about: > We see expensive commercials every night during prime time for expensive and patented pharmaceuticals ... but we never see any similar advertisements mentioning that study after study has shown that simply (and inexpensively) maintaining sufficient levels of Vitamin D can work to prevent rickets (that's well known) but also 17 types of cancer ... lower blood pressure, improve immune system function (prevents colds and flu), autoimmune function, inflammation, multiple sclerosis, autism, allergies, preeclampsia, both type 1 and type 2 diabetes, osteoporosis (also well known) depression, muscle and bone weakness and generalized pain. The natural supplement industry is a multi-billion dollar industry, and has been for a long while. If Vitamin D was the panacea that Mr. Gibson is representing it to be here, I'm sure that GMC would be running ads about treating "autism and cancer" with Vitamin D non-stop. Further, if Vitamin D did all of the above, I can assure you that pharmas would be researching the mechanism of action to create effective derivatives. If a treatment is effective and it isn't a super rare disease, you'll find a pharma somewhere selling it somehow.
    - oofabz 2y ago
      But drug companies do make effective pharmaceutical derivatives of Vitamin D, such as Calcipotriene.
  - cqqxo4zV46cp 2y ago
    Yes. Vitamin D aside, this undeniably happens generally. No conspiracy theory about it.
- asveikau 2y ago
  It's kind of hilarious that he's also distributing that in bin/cue with the expectation that some people will burn it to an audio CD. Flac would serve the need for raw PCM quality just fine, though I don't think we generally need that for podcasts.
- jccalhoun 2y ago
  I believe he really got into the keto diet at one point.

The metadata from this page [0] is from 2009 and makes some, uh, interesting assertions about how Big Pharma is why folks don't "know" about Vitamin D. [0] https://www.grc.com/health/vitamin-d.htm https://www.grc.com/health/vitamin-d.htm

stavros 2y ago
Well, the assertion is just "pharma companies don't research it because there's no money in it, because it can't be patented", which makes sense.
- jszymborski 2y ago
  According to this page, there is plenty of research to show that Vitamin D is a cure-all that folks just don't know about: > We see expensive commercials every night during prime time for expensive and patented pharmaceuticals ... but we never see any similar advertisements mentioning that study after study has shown that simply (and inexpensively) maintaining sufficient levels of Vitamin D can work to prevent rickets (that's well known) but also 17 types of cancer ... lower blood pressure, improve immune system function (prevents colds and flu), autoimmune function, inflammation, multiple sclerosis, autism, allergies, preeclampsia, both type 1 and type 2 diabetes, osteoporosis (also well known) depression, muscle and bone weakness and generalized pain. The natural supplement industry is a multi-billion dollar industry, and has been for a long while. If Vitamin D was the panacea that Mr. Gibson is representing it to be here, I'm sure that GMC would be running ads about treating "autism and cancer" with Vitamin D non-stop. Further, if Vitamin D did all of the above, I can assure you that pharmas would be researching the mechanism of action to create effective derivatives. If a treatment is effective and it isn't a super rare disease, you'll find a pharma somewhere selling it somehow.
  - oofabz 2y ago
    But drug companies do make effective pharmaceutical derivatives of Vitamin D, such as Calcipotriene.
- cqqxo4zV46cp 2y ago
  Yes. Vitamin D aside, this undeniably happens generally. No conspiracy theory about it.
asveikau 2y ago
It's kind of hilarious that he's also distributing that in bin/cue with the expectation that some people will burn it to an audio CD. Flac would serve the need for raw PCM quality just fine, though I don't think we generally need that for podcasts.
jccalhoun 2y ago
I believe he really got into the keto diet at one point.