France is planning to reduce hip fractures by dairy vitamin D fortification (plan will not work) – 2017

Attached are 3 papers by a French author (8554,8555,8556)

Fact: 800 IU added to elderly reduces some hip fractures

Fact: More than 800 IU reduces far more fractures

Premise: Fortify dairy products in France so as to add 800 IU of vitamin D daily into elderly

Reasons why plan will fail

1. Elderly tend to drink little milk

2. Most people have major problems of milk as a source of vitamin D

3. If milk is consumed, it tends to be low-fat 2.5 less bio-available vitamin D in low-fat milk

4. In France: “High in vitamin D” can be claimed if it has just 60 IU/100 grams

   • = 1300 grams of milk to get 800 IU

     • = 5.3 cups of full-fat milk

     • = 13 cups of low-fat milk = 8/10 of a gallon )

Vitamin D Fortification in Europe

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Vitamin D Fortification in France as of 2014

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• Vitamin D home fortification- don't wait 100 years for your govt

• Drinking 3 glasses of milk daily associated with doubling the death rate – Oct 2014

• Low fat (e.g. skim milk) provides less Vitamin D – May 2016

• Overview Fractures and vitamin D

• France wants to reduce hip fractures by drinking 10 glasses of milk daily – April 2018

• Yet again, 800 IU of vitamin D was found to be barely enough to help bones – Lancet Oct 2013

• Fracture risk reduced somewhat by 800 IU of vitamin D and Calcium – meta-analysis Oct 2015

• Bone fractures reduced by a minimum of 800 IU vitamin D and Calcium – meta-meta-analysis March 2014

• Reducing fractures with Vitamin D and Calcium saves 3 dollars for 1 dollar invested – Europe Feb 2017

• Total hip replacement: 14 times more likely to redo if low vitamin D – March 2017

• 7 X more likely to get hip fracture if have highest level of vitamin A – Jan 2003

  • Excessive Vitamin A (such as from some cod-liver oil) blocks Vitamin D

• Elderly should not have more than 40 ng of vitamin D (if infrequent dosing or fail to adjust cofactors) Aug 2017

  • Note: Extremely unlikely to get > 40 with a few glasses of vitamin D fortified milk

• Hip fracture risk reduced 6 percent for each daily dairy serving (more if full-fat dairy) – Oct 2017