Vitamin D no magic bullet, review concludes

[Julie]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/vitamin-d ... -1.2594766

From U.K. via Canada's Nat'l Post.

[49er]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/vitamin-d ... -1.2594766

From U.K. via Canada's Nat'l Post.

Thanks for posting this Julie. I believe this is the study the article is talking about:

http://www.bmj.com/content/348/bmj.g2035

In my opinion, it is always important to look at the study since many times, newspaper articles aren't always accurate in reporting what took place. Of course, I have no idea if that is the case in this situation or not.

Interestingly, the last time, these types of question arose, when I did a search of google news, there were also plenty of pro vitamin D studies. Of course, the pro articles could have been off base also.

By the way, one thing I am curious about is what other supplements these folks were taking. I have seen various suggestions that taking the right amount of calcium, magnesium, and vitamin K2 greatly affects how effective D will be.

On a related note, be very careful about excess dosing without testing your level. This could be a total fluke but when I upped my dose from 3000IU to 5000IU, I developed mysterious jaw pain that has since disappeared now that I have reverted back to 3000IU.

49er

[Julie]

I believe K2 (the menatetranone version) is terrific and have taken it for ? 4 yrs... what I don't think is smart is supplemental calcium. It defeats the point of K2, and recently was shown to be a cardiovascular risk factor (along with inflammation). Magnesium is good though, as is zinc (both of which I also take). I wonder when people will stop shelling out for 'regular' vitamins though, esp. the all-in-ones that have been proven to be next to worthless compared to the right diet.

[prion]

I take calcium, magnesium, and D.I cannot tell any difference after a couple months, but it doesn't hurt anything and is cheap. I'm
going to continue.

[Janknitz]

I believe K2 (the menatetranone version) is terrific and have taken it for ? 4 yrs... what I don't think is smart is supplemental calcium. It defeats the point of K2, and recently was shown to be a cardiovascular risk factor (along with inflammation). Magnesium is good though, as is zinc (both of which I also take). I wonder when people will stop shelling out for 'regular' vitamins though, esp. the all-in-ones that have been proven to be next to worthless compared to the right diet.

I agree, I take K2 as well and avoid calcium supplements. All those years we were told to supplement calcium to reduce the risk of osteoporosis and not only did it NOT work for that, but it may have caused many cardiac issues as well.