Bonfired said:
NASAg03 said:
Yes tell people to stay inside and live in fear during the warm sunny months, only to have vitamin D levels drop when winter hits. Genius public policy.
If we replaced mask policy with a vitamin D awareness campaign, how many lives would have been saved?
Easily the biggest oversight during all of this unpleasantness is the lack of a push by CDC, et al for a healthier lifestyle, including supplementing with vitamins. Damn near criminal, actually, but there's not a whole lot of money to be made in preventative maintenance, and it's not a visible sign of doing something that actually makes more of a difference.
What are you talking about? The CDC and every doctor in this country has been encouraging people to eat healthier and be more active for the past 50+ years. And the supplement industry is already a billion dollar business that has no regulation on it. And there's plenty of money to be made in all types of preventative health maintenance.
People are literally told every day "lose weight or you will die," "lose weight or you'll be on insulin soon," "eat healthier or your blood pressure will give you a stroke," yet the tiniest percentage of those told that actually do it. Do you think people are going to suddenly start going for evening walks and start eating healthier because of a pandemic in which they can barely agree is a real danger?
Time and time again, we've seen studies that point to vitamin supplementation as some sort of panacea fall short in reality. There are even studies out there that show an increase in mortality with multivitamin supplementation. Some studies claim it's because unhealthy people think taking vitamins can compensate for their unhealthy lifestyle. Other studies claim to account for that in their analysis and still how increased mortality among multivtiamin users.
And then the person interviewed in that article is a "doctor," but appears to hold his doctorate in pastoral services (PScD). Although he apparently has some certification from a clinical nutrition board - not the American Dietetic Association.
90% of COVID deaths being averted by simple Vitamin D supplementation is a pretty bold statement to make. I'm not saying supplementation isn't helpful, but I have no idea how anyone can make a claim that 90% of COVID deaths could've been averted if they simply had enough vitamin D on board.
