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Vitamin D, part 3

Resources from Deva Boone, MD

A review of the best trials on Vitamin D. Results have been disappointing.

Vitamin D deficiency is linked to cancer, heart disease, respiratory infection, stroke, diabetes, and death.

It might seem reasonable that we should all be taking this supplement. But hold on. The argument for taking Vitamin D assumes a few things. First, that low Vitamin D actually causes all of the conditions it is associated with. This is not necessarily true...

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