Have you heard the rumor about the healing properties of Vit D?
Belgian professor Roger Bouillon had highlighted the dangers of lacking vitamin D. Osteoporosis, falls and fractures, tuberculosis and an increased risk of colon, breast and prostate cancer follows. So since we do not take enough oily fish or get enough sunlight, taking vitamin D supplements was the god-given solution for him. But what the learned professor did not know was that he gave the most critical advice of his life.
New England Journal of Medicine had published two trials on Vit D. They found that those taking vitamin D suffered a higher rate of kidney stones – but their main reason for popping Vit D that is to cure their fracture remained unchanged. The second study again was on vitamin D and colorectal cancer but the supposed magic pills did not good for colorectal cancer whatsoever.