Are you getting enough vitamin D, or perhaps too much? New guidelines turn conventional wisdom on its head, offering new recommendations that could impact your decision about vitamin D intake and testing. Known as the “sunshine vitamin,” vitamin D has become increasingly popular for its potential role in disease prevention. More than 18 percent of adults report taking vitamin D supplements, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
According to Osborne, “There’s a tremendous amount of evidence, both in the literature but also clinically speaking. A lot of clinical evidence is never published so it doesn’t get used when they’re doing review studies or review papers like this one that was done by The Endocrine Society.” The Endocrine Society told The Epoch Times that based on the current research, “Most healthy adults under the age of 75 may not benefit from taking more vitamin D than the recommended daily allowance of vitamin D recommended by the Institute of Medicine.
” Children and Adolescents The recommendation also recognizes the challenge in achieving adequate vitamin D status through sunlight exposure and diet alone, particularly in certain geographic regions or among populations with limited sun exposure. Adults Under 50 Years “While vitamin D supplementation appears to be safe, inexpensive, and readily available, the trials identified in the systematic review did not clearly show a substantive benefit of vitamin D supplementation,�.