Today we take a dive into the current research on Vitamin D pills. Should Vitamin D be taken for lifestyle-related diseases like cancer, heart disease, diabetes, etc.? There’s a lot of wrong and outdated information out there. Let’s talk about it.
UPDATE 2: Major long-awaited randomized controlled trial on Vit D pills show they have NO EFFECT on Cancer or Heart Disease: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1809944 UPDATE: New research of 500,000 individuals show Vitamin D levels have nothing to do with bone health: https://theconversation.com/vitamin-d-a-pseudo-vitamin-for-a-pseudo-disease-101907
UPDATE: Read this article exposing the profit-driven scheme to push Vitamin D pills, which experts admit are not only useless, but could increase risk of death: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/18/business/vitamin-d-michael-holick.html
Info referenced in video: My daughters’ book, The Clear Skin Diet: http://www.ClearSkinDiet.com
Dr. Greger’s video: Should Vitamin D Be Taken to Prevent Falls in Elderly? https://nutritionfacts.org/video/should-vitamin-d-supplements-be-taken-to-prevent-falls/
US Preventive Task Force Recommends Against Vit D for seniors https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/Page/Document/RecommendationStatementFinal/falls-prevention-in-older-adults-interventions1
US Preventive Task Force Recommends Against Vit D for cancer https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/Page/Document/UpdateSummaryFinal/vitamin-supplementation-to-prevent-cancer-and-cvd-counseling
Dr. Greger’s video: Will You Live Longer if you Take Vitamin D Pills? https://nutritionfacts.org/video/will-you-live-longer-if-you-take-vitamin-d-supplements/
Meta-Analysis: Vitamin D supplementation for prevention of mortality in adults http://cochranelibrary-wiley.com/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD007470.pub3/full
Dr. Greger’s video: Do Vitamin D Supplements Reduce the Risk of Dying from Cancer? https://nutritionfacts.org/video/do-vitamin-d-supplements-reduce-the-risk-of-dying-from-cancer/
Vitamin D supplements and cancer incidence and mortality: a meta-analysis https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4150260/pdf/bjc2014294a.pdf
Comment on “Comment on: ‘Vitamin D supplements and cancer incidence and mortality: a meta-analysis’ https://www.nature.com/articles/bjc2015117
Author’s response to Comment: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4580383/
USPS Task Force Cancer – Vit D Recommendations https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/Page/Document/UpdateSummaryFinal/vitamin-supplementation-to-prevent-cancer-and-cvd-counseling
AICR Vitamin D Supplements http://www.aicr.org/cancer-research-update/2017/04_05/cru-vitamin-D-calcium-supplements-do-not-lower-cancer-risk-new-trial.html
Dr. McDougall’s position on Vitamin D https://www.drmcdougall.com/misc/2015nl/mar/vitamind.htm
Recommendations against use of Vit D of American Cancer Society: https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/risk/diet
http://blogs.cancer.org/expertvoices/2015/06/16/can-vitamin-d-prevent-cancer/
https://www.cancer.org/latest-news/vitamin-d-levels-linked-to-lower-colorectal-cancer-risk.html
