No Vitamin D Pandemic - they assert that most need less than 20 ng - NEJM

Vitamin D Deficiency — Is There Really a Pandemic?

N Engl J Med 2016; 375:1817-1820 November 10, 2016DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1608005

JoAnn E. Manson, M.D., Dr.P.H.,

Patsy M. Brannon, Ph.D., R.D.,

Clifford J. Rosen, M.D., and

Christine L. Taylor, Ph.D.

I purchased the NEJM paper ($20) which dozens of websites were reporting on

Report content was virtually identical due to copying from a NEJM news release.

Example titles include

• Too many people are worried about vitamin D deficiency, experts say
  • "Only 13 percent of Americans aged 1 to 70 are at risk of being deficient in vitamin D — and less than 6 percent are deficient."

• Vitamin D deficiency is widely overestimated, doctors warn"

• Vitamin D deficiency may be widely overestimated

• Doctors warn about overdosing on Vitamin D

• Don’t Worry About Getting More Vitamin D, Doctors Reassure

• Why you probably don't need more Vitamin D

• Too many people are being told they have a vitamin D deficiency

The paper cannot be posted on the web - The paper is behind a $20 paywall

My comment

They think that 600 IU will provide 97% of the non-seniors (including obese, pregnant, dark skinned, etc) with enough Vitamin D (for bone health). They believe that 97% of non-seniors need LESS than 20 ng (for bone health)

"Less than 6% are deficient in vitamin D [serum 25(OH)D levels <12.5 ng per milliliter"

    Their reference is the IoM report - that data for which is now 8 years out of date

Here are a few papers papers which strongly disagree

• Bone fractures reduced by a minimum of 800 IU vitamin D and Calcium – meta-meta-analysis March 2014
  • https://VitaminDWiki.com/tiki-index.php?page_id=5378
• Professor who concluded that vitamin D ( 800 IU ) does not help bones got 324,000 dollar prize- Nov 2015
  • https://VitaminDWiki.com/tiki-index.php?page_id=7088
• Bone health best with 40 nanograms of vitamin D – Oct 2015
  • https://VitaminDWiki.com/tiki-index.php?page_id=7067
• 800 IU Vitamin D proven again to not be enough to stop bone loss - Aug 2015
  • https://VitaminDWiki.com/tiki-index.php?page_id=6757

---

See also VitaminDWiki

• Vitamin D Deficiency

• Is 50 ng of vitamin D too high, just right, or not enough: Note 50 ng, not 16

• Proof that Vitamin D Works 71 as of Aug 2016 - generally Randomized Controlled trials

  • Note: Only one of these trials has been published at the time the IoM stopped gathering data

  People die sooner if they have less than 36 ng of vitamin D

    click on chart for details

Huge decrease in many health problems as increase vitamin D > 20 nanograms

    click on chart for details

Intervention - Vitamin D includes a table of recent studies in which Vitamin D is given and results are observed

{include}