“Laughably low recommendations” for vitamin D intake prevent forward progress in solving the vitamin D deficiency epidemic and reducing the associated adverse health conditions
Key Points
- Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency is common – a 2018 study found that vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency are increasing at a global level – it is and has been a pandemic
- Severe vitamin D deficiency, defined as less than 12 ng/ml, dramatically increases the risk of excess mortality, infections, and many other diseases, and should be avoided whenever possible
- Another study found that higher levels of vitamin D were linked to a 59% lower risk of developing Alzheimer’s Disease
Another excellent video from Dr.
