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Wait, what is wrong with Vitamin D?

• dennis_jeeves2 2y ago
  Vitamin D produces short-term results, in the long run it is harmful. I cannot find a good article on it at the moment but dig around and you should be able to find it. And yes I know people rave about vitamin D.
  • Etheryte 2y ago
    It doesn't exactly bode well for your argument when there's a wide body of evidence disagreeing with what you're saying, and you also cannot find the source of your claim.
    • cthalupa 2y ago
      There is some evidence to suggest that vitamin d supplementation can result in increased calcification of arteries: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26995293/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26995293/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5986531/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5986531/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23109644/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23109644/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21406296/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21406296/ It's far from conclusive, but there is a mechanism of action that makes some sense, so it wouldn't be out of left field if it were the case. There's also some evidence that vitamin k can be used to help balance out the risk: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19386744/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19386744/ (More animal studies on K, too, but god knows how well those will translate to humans) In general it's all in the "Potentially a thing, more research needed before we start a mass panic" bucket. I personally wouldn't go buy a bucket of "ULTRASUPPLEMENT 10000 IU VITAMIN D HORSE PILLS," though.