The Importance of Monitoring Vitamin D Status in the U.S.

Vitamin D has become one of the most controversial nutrition issues of the day. While the vitamin's role in preventing bone diseases such as osteoporosis is well documented, recent studies suggest that increased intake of vitamin D may also reduce the risk of various cancers, diabetes, and heart disease. However, not only are these studies being called into question for their failure to show a direct cause and effect, but there is also evidence that excessive intake of vitamin D can be toxic. This session of Public Health Grand Rounds reviewed the latest evidence of vitamin D's effectiveness and safety and discussed challenges in how to best measure and define vitamin D status.

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[profesorbl]

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[Tigorfc]

Good I like It

[BLmarlo]

Nice Video, Thanks For Shared

[TheJatmikoo]

very impressive

[WoundedEgo]

This is such a crappy, confused presentation... on such an important subject, no less! CDC fail... big time...

[AriesJedi]

Magnesium levels in the soil over the last 50 years has fallen sharply, if the plants don't get enough, nor do we. Take supplements or grow your own veg and add tomato feed to the whole soil.

[AriesJedi]

You forget reindeer and eels have the highest Vit D levels. Eat more jellied eels. And Reindeer meat/salami.

[AriesJedi]

If you don't balance Vit D and calcium, zinc , magnesium, your body will by balancing any deficiencies will excrete the other minerals to keep the body in balance.

Any 1st year nutrition student will learn this. But Doctors only do 7 weeks of nutrition and usually only extreme cases of deficiencies.

One Dr told me I would get Vit D in winter, I told him he was in error and he then admitted his error, I don't know if he thought he could get away with it or he really didn't know.

Blame Chemtrails

[CaninAble]

(22:05), Thank you, Christine Pfifer and Chris Johnson.

[CaninAble]

Why did they call themselves CDC? Grappling here...